Cornelis Rol (2 September 1877 – 31 January 1963) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter,

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

and illustrator. He was best known for his participation in sixteen

Verkade Royal Verkade (Dutch: Koninklijke Verkade) is a Dutch manufacturing company, owned by a Turkish conglomerate. The company is headquartered in Zaandam and was one of the oldest existing family companies in the Netherlands. In November 2014 the comp ...

albums. Rol received his artistic education at the ''Tekenschool (Edam)'' and at the ''Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers'' (Amsterdam). He later became a drawing teacher at the Applied Arts

Quellinusschool The Quellinusschool or ''Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus'', was a school for sculptors in Amsterdam named after the Quellinus family of sculptors, founded in 1877. It was founded as the ''Teekenschool voor Kunstambachten'' (Drawing school for art ...

Amsterdam. He lived and worked in Edam, Amsterdam,

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

until 1929 and then in

Voorburg Voorburg is a town and former municipality in the west part of the province of South Holland, Netherlands. Together with Leidschendam and Stompwijk, it makes up the municipality Leidschendam-Voorburg. It has a population of about 39,000 people ...

. Rol's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' go ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

in Amsterdam. His son Henricus Rol also made illustrations for the Verkade albums.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rol, Cornelius 1877 births 1963 deaths Dutch painters Dutch graphic artists Dutch illustrators Dutch lithographers Artists from The Hague People from Voorburg