Tunis Ponsen (1891-1968)
Tunis Ponsen was born in Holland, but is considered an American painter. He especially worked in oils and watercolors, but also did a limited number of lithographs and linoleum block prints. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Oberteuffer and Karl Albert Buehr. He was a member of the Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Chicago Gallery Association, and the Chicago Society of Artists. Ponsen exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1927 to 1935), Toledo Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. His work is included in the collections of Northwestern University, City of Chicago College, and the Flint Institute of Art.