Peter van Straaten | |
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| Born | (1935-03-25)25 March 1935 Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Died | 8 December 2016(2016-12-08) (aged 81) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
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| Years active | 1958–2016 |
| Known for | Vader & Zoon |
Peter van Straaten (25 March 1935 – 8 December 2016) was a Dutchcartoonist andcomics artist. He is best known for hispolitical cartoons as well as hissatirical observations of everyday people. He also had a newspaper comic stripVader & Zoon, which ran inHet Parool for almost two decades.
Van Straaten was born inArnhem in the Netherlands on 25 March 1935.[1] His elder brother Gerard also became a well-known illustrator.[2] Van Straaten studied at theGerrit Rietveld Academie inAmsterdam and started his career on 26 July 1958 for the Dutch newspaperHet 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 hisgag cartoons based on observational comedy. His seriesDagelijks Leven (Daily Life) depicts people in amusing recognizable everyday situations. The seriesDoe ik 't goed? (Am I doing well?) centered on gags about people having sex and men usually having trouble satisfying their female partners. Between 1984 and 2000 he drew a weekly comic strip about a single woman calledAgnes. His work was featured in comic books and a yearly calendar,Peter's Zeurkalender (Peter's Nagging Calendar, a pun on the wordzeuren (to nag) andscheurkalender (a calendar where one can rip off one page a day to read a joke)). Van Straaten's cartoons have been published inHet Parool,Humo,Penthouse andVrij Nederland.[4]
In February 2012, Van Straaten announced that he was no longer drawing cartoons forHet Parool.[3] Two years later, in July 2014, he also cancelled his weekly cartoon forVrij 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]
He won the 1983Stripschapprijs[6] and also won theInktspotprijs [nl] five times, in 1994, 1997, 2003, 2011 and 2016.[7][8][9] In 2006, he received theGouden Ganzenveer, in 2009 he was appointed a Knight in theOrder of the Netherlands Lion[10] and in 2010 he won theJacobus van Looyprijs.[11][12] He received an honorary doctorate fromLeiden University in 2011.[1]
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