Dutch painter and editorial cartoonist (1869-1956)

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World War I: a poisonous gas attack on the Canadians in Flanders, 24 April 1915. Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers. ca. 1918.

World War I: the German Navy attacking Allied nursing. Coloured chalk drawing by Louis Raemaekers, 1918.

World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

World War One: a large snake, symbolic of a gas attack, strikes at a sleeping soldier. Colour halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.

World War One: three French prisoners of war slouching in a prison yard. Colour halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.

A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

World War One: three prisoners crouch at the feet of a fourth man who incites them to action. Halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.

A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

World War I: "The Hun Ministry of Munitions" (stocks for germ warfare). Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers, 1916.

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Louis Raemaekers

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Images by Louis Raemaekers

Works from the collections

A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

World War I: a poisonous gas attack on the Canadians in Flanders, 24 April 1915. Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers. ca. 1918.

World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

World War I: "The Hun Ministry of Munitions" (stocks for germ warfare). Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers, 1916.

Louis Raemaekers

Images from the collections

Images by Louis Raemaekers

Works from the collections

A mother who has brought her two sons to have their chests examined by a physician to find out if they have tuberculosis. Colour lithograph after L. Raemakers, 19--.

World War I: a poisonous gas attack on the Canadians in Flanders, 24 April 1915. Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers. ca. 1918.

World War One: a German soldier crouches in fear between two saintly mediaeval sculptures; behind Notre Dame is burning. Halftone after a pen drawing by L. Raemaekers.

A woman (femme fatale) holding a skull; representing syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Raemakers, ca. 1923.

World War I: "The Hun Ministry of Munitions" (stocks for germ warfare). Coloured chalks by Louis Raemaekers, 1916.

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