Ootje Oxenaar

Robert Deodaat Emile "Ootje" Oxenaar (7 October 1929 – 13 June 2017) was a Dutch graphic artist, visual artist, commissioner, and professor.

Biography Oxenaar was a student at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and graduated in 1953 with honours. He later was a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague between 1958 and 1970 His influence on the next generation of designers was extensive as a commissioner, teacher, and international lecturer, in the Netherlands, Europe, and the US.

From 1964 to 1987, Oxenaar was commissioned for two series of banknotes by The Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and was responsible for the revolutionary design of the 'Snip' (100), the Sunflower (50) and Lighthouse (250) banknotes which were internationally celebrated as the most beautiful and least counterfeited money in the world. His banknotes stayed in circulation from 1964 until being replaced by the Euro in 2002.

R.D.E. Oxenaar was also a prolific designer of acclaimed posters, books, and postage stamps. His graphic design work is represented in various collections, including Centre Georges-Pompidou in Paris, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Oxenaar's work is preserved in the Nederlands Archief Grafisch Ontwerpers, Utrecht (NAGO).

Oxenaar was member of the Alliance Graphique International (AGI) and an honorary member of the Association of Dutch Designers (BNO).

In 2000 Oxenaar emigrated to the United States where he continued his studio practice and taught in the Graphic Design Department at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence.

Oxenaar was knighted in the Order of Orange Nassau, and the recipient of the Medal of Honour for Art and Science in the House Order of Orange bestowed by Queen Beatrix in 2004.

Oxenaar was married to Dawn Barrett, designer and former Dean of Architecture and Design at Rhode Island School of Design, and President of Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Value

Date of issue Date of circulation Date of withdrawal 90 ƒ5 76 × 136 mm

Green Joost van den Vondel 26 April 1966 19 December 1966 1 May 1995 91 ƒ10 76 × 142 mm

Blue Frans Hals Cornucopia 25 April 1968 4 January 1971 28 January 2002 92 ƒ25 76 × 148 mm

Red Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Waves 10 February 1971 15 December 1972 1 May 1995 93 ƒ100 76 × 154 mm

Brown Michiel de Ruyter 14 May 1970 15 December 1972 23 July 1986 94 ƒ1 000 76 × 160 mm

Dark Green Baruch Spinoza Pyramid on bowl and slab 30 March 1972 15 January 1973 28 January 2002 95 ƒ5 76 × 136 mm

Green Joost van den Vondel Inwell, quill pen and scroll 28 March 1973 14 June 1976 1 May 1995 96 ƒ50 76 × 148 mm

Orange Sunflower Bee 4 January 1982 7 September 1982 28 January 2002 97 ƒ100 76 × 154 mm

Brown Common snipe and Great snipe Great snipe 28 July 1977 16 March 1981 28 January 2002 98 ƒ250 76 × 160 mm

Purple Lighthouse Rabbit 25 July 1985 7 January 1986 28 January 2002