Antal Van Spronsen

An entrepreneur and investor who helped grow the product design firm Versett.

A London-based CTO and co-founder involved in decentralized finance (DeFi). antal van spronsen

Many of his titles are not dramatic. He rarely uses names like "Storm over the Zuiderzee" or "The Wreck of the Amsterdam." Instead, his titles are often dates and locations: "August Morning, Enkhuizen." This suggests an artist who sees himself less as a storyteller and more as a visual diarist—recording the specific light of a specific Tuesday, even if that light is falling on a 150-year-old hull. An entrepreneur and investor who helped grow the

For collectors, his work represents the "Third Generation" of Dutch maritime art—moving past the documentary style of the 19th century and the hyper-realism of the mid-20th, into a place where atmosphere and nostalgia rule. He isn't documenting what ships looked like; he is documenting how it feels to watch one slip past a grey Dutch horizon. He rarely uses names like "Storm over the