Flor Silvester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Flor Silvester

Dutch graphic designer

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2008

Profession: graphic designer, painter, sculptor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Florus "Flor" Silvester (30 August 1923 in Rotterdam – 2 December 2008 in Dordrecht), sometimes spelled as Silvestre, was a Dutch graphic designer, illustrator, painter, and sculptor.
Silverster's designs won him the Eurostar for packaging and the Golden Nut.
He designed and illustrated many Dutch books and designed some classic posters.Flor Silvester studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy, then known as the Volksindustrieschool or the Rotterdamse Academie.
Among his teachers were Aart Glansdorp, David Bautz, and Kees van Roemburg.
Flor Silvester lived in Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.
In H.I.
Ambacht his studio was in his home on the Reeweg. Flor played the trombone in several bands.
In 1995 he participated in the 25th Jazz Festival of Breda.Flor Silvester was married to Elizabeth van Dijk.
They had three children.