Wilhelm Christian Georg Rueter (Haarlem, March 8, 1875 - Amsterdam, August 16, 1966); Dutch painter, draftsman and graphic designer. Rueter grew up in an artistic family, his brother Theo Rueter was an architect. Around 1885 Rueter went to take drawing lessons with Johan Braakensiek, the well-known draftsman of political prints, from 1889 to 1891 he took lessons at the Gemeentelijke Avondteekenschool in Amsterdam. Then he went to the National Nuclear School for Teaching, where he got his M.O.-acte. Then he went to the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten. In 1896 he became a teacher at the Teekenschool for Art Crafts. He remained this until 1912. Rueter designed advertising posters, posters, calendars, ex-libris and was a bookbinder designer. For example, he was responsible for the design of the band and bracts of the renowned book series 'Nederlandsche Historische Bibliotheek', which was published by Meulenhoff. His bracts adorn many of Meulenhoff's books from the period 1905-1925. He designed the cover of the twelfth year of the magazine De Architect (1901) and he also designed the first children's stamps in 1924. In addition, Rueter was a sought-after portrait painter. He immortalized among others many professors from the University of Amsterdam. Especially in the years after the war Rueter gained great fame as a painter of floral still lifes. His workshop called De Gulden Snede was located at the Haarlemmerplein 42 corner Planciusstraat in Amsterdam, above the printing shop of the Gebroeders Braakensiek, where his father Christiaan Rueter became director and co-owner in 1882. In 1999 organiseerden het Drents Museum in Assen en Teylers Museum in Haarlem een grote overzichtstentoonstelling van zijn werk, waarbij een catalogus verscheen. Georg Rüter was de vader van de kunstenaars Pam Rueter, Gerarda Rueter en Maria Hofker-Rueter (en de schoonvader van de schilder Wim Hofker). [https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Rueter] undefined

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