Willem Korteling

 Willem Korteling (* Deventer, Overijssel, Netherland 08.05.1889 - † 18.05.1964, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands)

Painter, chess player and chesscomposer of endgame studies

Willem Korteling was born in Deventer and died at Diepenveen. 

He was an art painter by profession.

Diepenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands

Chess composing
A striking feature of his composed endgame studies is their elegance.

He revived the Deventer Schaakgenootschap during the season of 1907-1908, and played in the first team for decades.  

Others: 8 endgame studies composed by Korteling are selected on Dutch Website ARVES.

His family

When Willem Korteling was born on 8 May 1889, in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands, his father, Bartus Korteling, was 35 and his mother, Jenneken Reuvecamp, was 27. He married Elisabeth Poel on 22 September 1927, in Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Painting

Willem Korteling came from a well-known Deventer family of painters. He received his first drawing lessons from his father Bartus Korteling. When he thought Willem had enough talent, he was given permission to make painting his profession. Originally, the backyard of the family home was the inspiration for studies of flowers, chickens and other small animals. Later, these themes were expanded to include landscapes, small animals, birds and still lifes, which he painted in a way that was as subtle as it was generous. Throughout his life, Korteling continued to paint in and around his home town of Deventer.

Source: arves.org