Rien Poortvliet Illustrator & Author

Rien Poortvliet (1932–1995) was a Dutch artist and illustrator best known for his drawings of animals. Wil Huygen was born in Amersfoort, Holland, in 1923, the seventh of ten children. A physician, children’s author, and oil painter, he lived in Holland with his wife until his death in 2009 at 86 years old. Huygen has five grown children of his own.