Louis Raemaekers

Louis Raemaekers was a Dutch painter and editorial cartoonist for the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his antiGerman stance.

He was born and grew up in Roermond, Netherlands during a period of political and social unrest in the city, which at that time formed the battleground between Catholic clericalism and liberalism. Louis father published a weekly journal called De Volksvriend and was an influential man in liberal circles. His battle against the establishment set the tone for his sons standpoint several decades later, when he fought against the unjust and horrendous occupation of neutral Belgium at the start of the First World War. His mother was of German descent. He was trained and later working as a drawing teacher and made landscapes and childrens books covers and illustrations in his free time. In 1906 his life took a decisive turn when he accepted the invitation to draw political cartoons for leading Dutch newspapers, first from 1906 to 1909 for the Algemeen Handelsblad and from 1909 onwards for De Telegraaf.

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