Maria Vos

Maria Vos

Photograph from 1882
Born (1824-12-21)21 December 1824
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died 11 January 1906(1906-01-11) (aged 81)
Oosterbeek, Netherlands

Maria Vos (1824-1906) was a Dutch still-life painter.

Biography

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[2]

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.[1] 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.[1]

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.[2] Much of her work has been lost (or misplaced), but due to the sheer quantity of her output, much remains.[1] Major retrospectives of her work were held in 1973 and 2002.

Selected paintings

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brief biography @ Huygens/Resources.
  2. 1 2 3 Biographical notes @ Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Gelderland.

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