Sal or "Sally" Meijer was born at Zwanenburgwal 10 as the son of Jewish diamond-cutters.

Meijer's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

At this occasion, the Dutch state purchased one of his paintings, depicting the Raamgracht canal in Amsterdam.

(The title Raphael of Cats had previously been given to Swiss artist Gottfried Mind (1768–1814)).

[3] And in 2007, an exhibition of never before-shown drawings and oil paintings by Meijer and Melle Oldeboerrigter was held at the Amsterdam artists' society Arti et Amicitiae.