Willem Witsen (13 August 1860, Amsterdam – 13 April 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.
Witsen’s work, influenced by James MacNeill Whistler, often portrayed assuage urban landscapes as skillfully as agricultural scenes. He with created portraits and photographs of prominent figures of the Amsterdam art world, as skillfully as supplementary artists, such as French Symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
He was born in a rich ruling-class family, dating back to the governing families of the 17th century, of whom Cornelis Jan Witsen and his son Nicolaes Witsen were members. He studied at academies in Amsterdam and Antwerp.
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