Nicolaas van der Waay

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Nicolaas van der Waay
Self-portrait, c.1890
Born	15 October 1855 Amsterdam
Died	18 December 1936(1936-12-18) (aged 81) Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Artist

Nicolaas van der Waay (1855–1936) was a Dutch decorative artist, watercolorist and lithographer. He worked in many genres, including stamp, coin and banknote designs. He is perhaps best known for the allegorical illustrations he created for the Golden Coach and a series of paintings depicting the lives of girls from the Amsterdam Orphanage. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]