Private Life
Lussenburg was born in Enkhuizen, a small fishing village at the west-coast of the former Zuiderzee, currently the IJsselmeer. After his marriage in 1917 to Jantje Langendijk he moved to Meerssen in Limburg. The couple had three children: a girl Baukje (born 1918) and two boys Hans and Loek (born 1920 and 1926 respectively)
in 1918 Lussenburg's parents moved to Nunspeet, a village near the Zuiderzee south-coast and after a family visit Jos gave up his job as a teacher in the South to move with his family to Nunspeet because he loved it as a place to paint.
Lussenburg's grandfather was a professional fisherman from Enkhuizen and he loved the romance of the rough live as fisher. He made lots of friends among the many fishermen in the villages and ports around the Zuiderzee.
Due to the construction of the Afsluitdijk, completed in 1932, the Zuiderzee changed into a fresh-water lake: the IJsselmeer. The fishing industry fell into decline in all villages and towns around the new lake.
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