A life between worlds Karel Albert Schmidt moved from the Dutch East Indies to Leiden in 1887, carrying with him a perspective shaped by distant horizons. His path was not solely one of brushes and ink; he lived as an evangelist and a writer, often found delivering open-air sermons in Zandvoort or speaking to crowds in the Gooi region. In 1910, he married Johanna de Kruijf, and together they raised three children. Life eventually settl…