Willy Sluiter (1873-1949) - Portret van koetsier

Jan Willem (Willy) Sluiter (Amersfoort, May 24, 1873 – The Hague, May 22, 1949) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and graphic designer.

Sluiter was a member of the preacher's family Sluiter and grew up in Heerenveen (until 1883) and Zwijndrecht (from 1883) as the son of notary Mr. Jan Willem Sluiter (1839-1902) and Johanna Hillegonda Cornelia Suermondt (1846-1931). He married Agatha Anna Louise van Nievervaart in 1901; from this marriage, a daughter, Johanna Adriana (1902-1991), was born.

Sluiter was a student at the Rotterdam Academy from 1891 to 1894, and afterwards he took lessons at the Hague Academy. Sluiter was a member of several art societies, including Pictura in Dordrecht, Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam, and Pulchri Studio in The Hague. He lived and worked in Zwijndrecht, Dordrecht, and Rotterdam until 1894. After that, from 1894 to 1897, he was in Scheveningen, and from 1901 to 1910, in Katwijk. In 1910, he settled in Laren and remained there until 1916, when he moved to The Hague.

He developed into a painter and draftsman of political prints, created posters, executed advertising commissions, and was also a book cover designer. He is known for the 38 covers for sheet music he designed between 1920 and 1925 for publisher Scheltens en Giltay; these were cabaret texts by the poet Clinge Doorenbos. The subjects of Sluiter's work often came from beach and fishing life, but he was also a sought-after portrait painter in the 'higher circles'. He repeatedly captured the Volendam model Hille Butter.

In the Dordrechts Museum in Dordrecht, an exhibition of Willy Sluiter's posters was held in 1999 to mark his 50th death anniversary. At the Katwijks Museum, from October 1, 2013, to January 11, 2014, an exhibition of his works was on display. He also drew several postcards.

This is a fine work on artist's cardboard, solid and beautifully framed (not behind glass).