Willem’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Landscape with Trees, Pond and Sheep
Willem Buytewech Dutch, 1591/92-1624

Landscape with Plank-Hedges and Man Bearing Wood
Willem Buytewech Dutch, 1591/92-1624

Air, plate two from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c.1593-1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Fire, plate four from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c.1593-1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Earth, plate one from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c.1593-1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Water, plate three from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c.1593-1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Air (with a view of Haarlem), from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Fire, from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Water, from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

Earth, from The Four Elements
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, 1591/92-1624)

January, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

February, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

March, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

April, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

May, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

June, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

July, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)

August, from The Twelve Months of the Year
Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, c. 1593–1641) after Willem Buytewech (Dutch, c. 1591–1624)