"Willy Sluiter had two distinct talents: he painted splendid, Impressionist landscapes as well as harbor and beach scenes. He was a rastekenaar who was capable of swift, often funny, sketches and watercolors created to capture him. His drawings of friends and family, the fashionable beach and nightlife in Scheveningen, traveling and wealthy winter tourists in Davos and St. Moritz reveal him as a chronicler of his time. His talent for drawing led to many commissions for book covers, illustrations, posters and other promotional work. From the twenties he was a well known and very successful artist." (Google translation of http://www.simonis-buunk.nl/collectie/details/Jan_Willem_Willy_Sluiter_15764.aspx) Jan Willem (Willy) Sluiter (Amersfoort, May 24, 1873 - The Hague, May 22, 1949); Dutch painter, draftsman and graphic designer. Sluiter was a member of the Sluiter preacher's family and grew up in Heerenveen (until 1883) and Zwijndrecht (1883) as the son of notary mr. Jan Willem Sluiter (1839-1902) and Johanna Cornelia Hillegonda Suermondt (1846-1931). He married in 1901 with Agatha Anna Louise Nievervaart (1874-1957); from this marriage a daughter Johanna Adriana (1902-1991) was born. Sluiter developed into a versatile artist. He lived and worked in different places: in Dordrecht and Rotterdam, but also in popular artist's villages like Scheveningen, Katwijk and Laren. Sluiter was a member of many art societies, including Pictura in Dordrecht, Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam and Pulchri Studios in The Hague. ...He lived and worked in Zwijndrecht, Dordrecht, Rotterdam until 1894. Then from 1894 to 1897 in Scheveningen and from 1901 to 1910 in Katwijk. In 1910 he settled in Laren and remained there until 1916 when he went to The Hague. The topics of his work were often the beach and fisherman's life, but also the upper echelons he sought as a portrait painter. He also political cartoons and posters. (Google translation of https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Sluiter) undefined

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