Maria Vos

Maria Vos
Photograph from 1882
Born(1824-12-21)21 December 1824
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died11 January 1906(1906-01-11) (aged 81)
Oosterbeek, Netherlands
PartnerAdriana Johanna Haanen[1]

Maria Vos (Dutch pronunciation: [maːˈrijaː ˈvɔs]; 21 December 1824 – 11 January 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.[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

  • Still Life with Stoneware Mug
    Still Life with Stoneware Mug
  • Vegetable Stall
    Vegetable Stall
  • Still Life with Goldfish Bowl
    Still Life with Goldfish Bowl
  • Hunting Still Life
    Hunting Still Life

References

  1. ^ Renkum, Heemkunde (24 July 2014). "Adriana Johanna Haanen (1814-1895), Oosterbeek". Stichting voor Heemkunde in de gemeente Renkum. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Brief biography @ Huygens/Resources.
  3. ^ a b c Biographical notes @ Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Gelderland.

Further reading

  • Martina Maria Doornik-Hoogenraad, Maria Vos: een Gelderse schilderes 1824-1906 (exhibition catalog), Stedelijk Museum Zutphen, 1973
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