Peter van Straaten

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Straaten, not Straaten.

Peter van Straaten
Born(1935-03-25)25 March 1935
Arnhem, Netherlands
Died8 December 2016(2016-12-08) (aged 81)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Occupations
Years active1958–2016
Known forVader & Zoon

Peter van Straaten (25 March 1935 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutch

political cartoons as well as his satirical observations of everyday people. He also had a newspaper comic strip Vader & Zoon, which ran in Het Parool
for almost two decades.

Biography

Van Straaten was born in Arnhem in the Netherlands on 25 March 1935.[1] His elder brother Gerard also became a well-known illustrator.[2] Van Straaten studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam and started his career on 26 July 1958 for the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, where he illustrated news reports.[3] Later he also drew political cartoons. From 1968 to 1987 he published a daily comic strip, Vader & Zoon (Father and Son),[4] which became a huge success and inspired a television series.[5]

Van Straaten is best known for his

Humo, Penthouse and Vrij Nederland.[4]

Later life and death

In February 2012, Van Straaten announced that he was no longer drawing cartoons for Het Parool.[3] Two years later, in July 2014, he also cancelled his weekly cartoon for Vrij Nederland.[4] He announced his retirement on 2 August 2016 and died four months later on 8 December in Amsterdam, at the age of 81.[1][4]

Awards

He won the 1983 Stripschapprijs[6] and also won the Inktspotprijs [nl] five times, in 1994, 1997, 2003, 2011 and 2016.[7][8][9] In 2006, he received the Gouden Ganzenveer, in 2009 he was appointed a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion[10] and in 2010 he won the Jacobus van Looyprijs.[11][12] He received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University in 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Paul Steenhuis, "Tekenaar Peter van Straaten (81) overleden", NRC Handelsblad, 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Peter van Straaten – Zwart en cynisch". Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad. 16 December 2009.
  3. ^ a b Peter van Straaten stopt in Parool, NOS, 25 februari 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Bas Schuddeboom & Kjell Knudde, "Peter van Straaten", Lambiek, 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. ^ Beek, Hans van der; Peter van Brummelen (9 December 2016). "Peter van Straaten (1935–2016) liet zijn getekende voetsporen achter". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "38 jaar de Stripschapprijs – 1974–2011". Het Stripschap. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  7. ^ Beste politieke prent van Peter van Straaten, NOS, 11 januari 2011.
  8. ^ Inktspotprijs voor Peter van Straaten, NRC Handelsblad, 11 januari 2011.
  9. ^ "Peter van Straaten wint Inktspotprijs voor vijfde keer" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Peter van Straaten had een haarscherp oog voor het menselijk tekort" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  11. ^ Peter van Straaten wint Jacobus van Looyprijs, NU.nl, 2 juni 2010
  12. ^ Expositie Peter van Straaten in Haarlem, NU.nl, 27 augustus 2010

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