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A very clever etcher, who probably made the art his own. His Rotterdam descent is visible in the many etchings he made of the harbor, which you can regularly find at Liberty. But tug horses, cityscapes and landscapes were also favorite subjects for him. Jan Sirks (Rotterdam, February 23, 1885 – Zeist, March 11, 1938) Jan Sirks was a Dutch graphic artist who specialized in painting, watercolor painting, drawing and etching of the ports of Rotterdam, animals, cityscapes and landscapes in a romantic realistic style. Sirks was co-founder of the Rotterdam artist group “De Branding”. Despite the fact that Sirks was self-taught, he was one of the few Rotterdammers who had a relatively good life in the art world during that period.