Lodewijk ‘Louis’ Soonius was born in The Hague on 10th March 1883. He was a painter of colourful beach scenes and views of harbours, towns and seascapes. He found his inspiration in the vicinity of where he lived, The Hague, the beach of Scheveningen and sometimes Katwijk as well. He lived and worked in The Hague area during almost his entire life, where he was a member of the ‘Haagse Kunstkring, an artist’s society. Soonius received his artistic training at the Academy of Arts in The Hague and is known to be a very gifted draughtsman. Soonius passed away in his hometown on 9 March 1956, at the age of 72. His cheerful beach scenes, with playing children and bathing women were, and still are, much sought-after.