[1] Later he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, where Art Nouveau was the dominant style.
[1] During this time Bottema also started drawing advertisements, an activity that would later make him famous.
[1] In 1909 he has his first major success with the painting “Maaiers”, one year later he won the prestigious Prix de Rome.
[1] During World War I he visited the Western Front to make an illustrated report for the newspaper De Amsterdammer.
[1] After the war he settled in Paris, finding a job writing travel reports for De Notenkraker.