Anna Adelaïde Abrahams

Anna Adelaïde Abrahams
Born (1849-06-16)16 June 1849
Middelburg, Netherlands
Died 18 January 1930(1930-01-18) (aged 80)
The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Education Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Known for painting

Anna Adelaïde Abrahams, (1849 – 1930) was a Dutch still life painter.

Biography

Abrahams was born 16 June 1849 in Middelburg, Netherlands. Abrahams' instructors included Jan Frederik Schütz, Rudolphina Swanida Wildrik , Maria Vos, and Adriana Johanna Haanen. She moved to The Hague in 1877. There she attended the Royal Academy of Art.[1]

Beginning in 1882 Abrahams showed her work in Levende Meesters (Living Masters) exhibitions throughout the Netherlands. She exhibited in Europe in Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Brussels.[1] She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Abrahams was a member of the art association Ons Doel Is Schoonheid (Our Goal Is Beauty) and was on the board of the Pulchri Studio. She never married.[1]

Abrahams died 18 January 1930 in The Hague.[1]

Legacy

Abrahams works are in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Mesdag Collection The Hague, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg, and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.[3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Klarenbeek, Hanna. "Abrahams, Anna Adelaïde (1849-1930)". DVN, een project van Huygens ING. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Anna Adelaïde Abrahams". Curiator. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
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