76/4205 [Commercial art]. Stil, W. (1921-?). Large archive, containing hundreds of drawings, sketches, collages, photographs and the publications in which the finished drawings etc. were published, mainly for publications by Royal Dutch Shell, i.a. for "Voeks" and Lab-Spiegel, and for activities organized by or for Shell employees (and their children), but also for Elseviers Weekblad and for various locally organized activities in Amsterdam and Loosdrecht where he lived, partly loosely inserted in folders, partly loosely contained in ring binders.

= According to an autobiography in illustrations and drawings, Willem Stil began his career just after World War II, during which he was a forced labourer in Germany, at a publicity agency and later also worked as illustrator for Toonder Studios and as freelancer for various publications/ firms (i.a. Pan Am Airlines and De Haagsche Post). In the fifties he was employed by the Koninklijke/ Shell-Laboratorium, Amsterdam, from which he retired in 1981. The present archive shows his versatility in various styles (the illustrated autobiography contains one leaf with a humorous Tom Poes story about himself drawn in the style of Toonder), and his enormous output. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIX.