Pol Dom (1885 - 1978)

Pol Dom

Paul Dom, born Paulus Ludovicus Carolus Dom, was a Belgian and Dutch painter and illustrator.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, lived in Belgium and the Netherlands, was granted Dutch citizenship in 1936 and lived in The Hague for the rest of his life.

Paul Dom was a versatile artist. He dabbled in drawing and painting and painted portraits, cityscapes and sketches, and genre scenes. At the same time he was a political cartoonist and illustrated books. Between 1917 and 1956 Dom illustrated hundreds of books, mostly for children.