Maria Vos
Maria Vos | |
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 Photograph from 1882 | |
| Born | 21 December 1824 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 11 January 1906 (aged 81) Oosterbeek, Netherlands |
| Partner | Adriana Johanna Haanen[1] |
Maria Vos (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈrijaː ˈvɔs]; 21 December 1824 – 11 January 1906) was a Dutch still-life painter.
Biography
[edit]She was born to the family of a stockbroker. She originally studied what would now be called "home economics" at a French boarding school in Weesp.[2] But, as was common for upper-class young ladies at the time, she also received drawing lessons, from Christiaan Andriessen. Later, she studied painting with Petrus Kiers.[3] In 1844, she had a showing at the Exhibition of Living Masters and, in 1847, became an honorary member of the "Royal Academy of Fine Arts" in Amsterdam.[3]
She worked there until 1853, when she moved to Oosterbeek and joined a group of painters known as the Hollandse Barbizon. In 1863, her friend, Adriana Johanna Haanen, the sister-in-law of her teacher, Kiers, joined her there. Seven years later, they built a home known as the "Villa Grada", where they gave drawing and painting lessons.[2] Haanen died in 1895, but Vos remained and became one of the last artists in residence there. On her eightieth birthday, she received a personal tribute from seventy members of Arti et Amicitiae.[2]
Although Vos is primarily known for still lifes, she also did portraits, landscapes and cityscapes, including a series of watercolors depicting Oosterbeek. She mostly exhibited in the Netherlands and Belgium, but also had a showing at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.[3] Much of her work has been lost (or misplaced), but due to the sheer quantity of her output, much remains.[2] Major retrospectives of her work were held in 1973 and 2002.
Selected paintings
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Still Life with Stoneware Mug -
Vegetable Stall -
Still Life with Goldfish Bowl -
Hunting Still Life
References
[edit]- ^ Renkum, Heemkunde (24 July 2014). "Adriana Johanna Haanen (1814-1895), Oosterbeek". Stichting voor Heemkunde in de gemeente Renkum. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ a b c d Brief biography @ Huygens/Resources.
- ^ a b c Biographical notes @ Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Gelderland.
Further reading
[edit]- Martina Maria Doornik-Hoogenraad, Maria Vos: een Gelderse schilderes 1824-1906 (exhibition catalog), Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, 1973
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