Johan Pootjes

Dutch painter Johan Pootjes lived and worked in Amsterdam, Batavia (Dutch East India, now Jakarta) and Laren. He worked in watercolors and drawings, mainly producing Batavian and Indonesian landscapes. He also painted harbor scenes from Dutch harbors and still lives. He exhibited in 1942 at the exhibition of Dutch Visual Artists at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

In 1936, Pootjes took part in the graphic arts section with ”Oranje-Blanje-Bleu”, Pennants, caps and monthly journals of the “Koninklijke Bataviasche Jacht Club”. “Oranje-Banje-Bleu” are the Dutch national colors orange, white and blue of the historical prince’s flag. Possibly it was a new design, because the pennant that was in use at least from 1935 showed only the colors orange and red.