Margaretha Roosenboom

Margaretha Roosenboom
Born
Margaretha Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Roosenboom

1843 (1843)
Died1896 (aged 52–53)
Voorburg, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forpainter
SpouseJohannes Gijsbert Vogel
Signature
White Mallows on a Stone Table

Margaretha Roosenboom (1843 – 1896), was a 19th-century Dutch flower painter.

Biography

She was born in Voorburg as the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom and Maria Schelfhout, the daughter of Andreas Schelfhout.[1] She was a pupil of her father in Brussels where she grew up, and in 1867 she returned to The Hague to learn watercolour painting from her grandfather.[2] She was a child prodigy who showed her work at Pulchri Studio at the age of 16 though she only became a member there in 1878.[2] In 1887 she moved in with her cousin Maria Henrietta Catherina van Wielik, who was married to the painter Johannes Gijsbert Vogel.[2] After her cousin died in 1892 she married Vogel in the same year in Voorburg.[2]

She sent her work to foreign exhibitions and won prizes at the World's Fair Vienna in 1873, the Chicago World Exposition in 1893, and the World's Fair Atlanta in 1895.[2][3] She signed her works with Marguerite and is known for fruit and flower still lifes.[2] She had many female pupils, including Adrienne van Hogendorp-s' Jacob and Helene Cramer,[1] who also showed works in Chicago in 1893.[1] She died in Voorburg relatively young from injuries suffered from a fall.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Margaretha Roosenboom in the RKD
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Roosenboom, Margaretha Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina (1843-1896) in 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
  3. ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 31 July 2018.

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