Tjerk Bottema (4 March 1882 – 1940) was a Dutch painter and editorial cartoonist.
At age 14, Bottema was sent to the Rijkskweekschool in Maastricht where he studied drawing. [1] Later he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, where art nouveau was the dominant style. [1] During this time Bottema also started drawing advertisements, an activity that would later make him famous. [1] In 1909 he has his first major success with the painting “Maaiers”, one year later he won the prestigious Prix de Rome. [1] During World War I he visited the Western Front to make an illustrated report for the newspaper De Amsterdammer. [1] After the war he settled in Paris, finding a job writing travel reports for De Notenkraker. [1] When in 1940 the German army approached Paris Bottema decided to leave France, but died when his ship was sunk by a German U-boat. [1]
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Tjerk Bottema (4 March 1882 – 1940) was a Dutch painter and editorial cartoonist.
At age 14, Bottema was sent to the Rijkskweekschool in Maastricht where he studied drawing. [1] Later he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, where art nouveau was the dominant style. [1] During this time Bottema also started drawing advertisements, an activity that would later make him famous. [1] In 1909 he has his first major success with the painting “Maaiers”, one year later he won the prestigious Prix de Rome. [1] During World War I he visited the Western Front to make an illustrated report for the newspaper De Amsterdammer. [1] After the war he settled in Paris, finding a job writing travel reports for De Notenkraker. [1] When in 1940 the German army approached Paris Bottema decided to leave France, but died when his ship was sunk by a German U-boat. [1]
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