Van der Laars

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Heraldic artists

TIETE AND SYTZE VAN DER LAARS

A page devoted to the heraldic artists, Tiete (1861-1939) and his son Sytze van der Laars (1891-1938).

Father and son had a heraldic atelier in Hilversum, the Netherlands. even though they have been working there for many years, very few material of their work is left. Tiete also made a lot of non heraldic material.

Tiete van der Laars issued in 1913 a book ‘Wapens, Vlaggen en Zegels van Nederland', dealing mainly with the National and provincial arms. In 1933 the book was reprinted by Koffie Hag, with a small addition in the back, describing the publication of the stamp albums. Finally in 1989 the original 1913 book was reprinted with an additional coloured cover. See images of the three different covers below. Besides the covers shown below, there has been an edition with a plain blue cover, which is identical to the 1913 version.

1913 issue
1933 issue
1989 issue

Some colour images from the book:

Other work from Tiete van der Laars:

Heraldic tree of the Dutch Royal family
Poster 25 years Queen Wilhelmina (large file !)
Poster Queen Wilhelmina (source)
Poster Holland Zuid-Afrika Lijn (from auction site)
Poster Rotterdamsche Lloyd (source)
Calender image Drenthe
Image from a children book (Keezenboek, from auction site)
Ex Libris
Ex Libris
Postcard

Sytze is most famous for his work on the Koffie Hag albums. He designed and made all images for the Dutch and Belgian albums, but also the cover for the Polish album. These can all be seen at the pages of the Coffee_Hag_albums.