Agatha Zethraeus artwork • painting • previously for sale Carriages on the Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
Agatha Zethraeus
Amsterdam 1872-1966 Zeist
1872-1966
Carriages on the Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
oil on board 28.0 x 35.5 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Katjuscha Otten, Ingelies Vermeulen, Jan van den Braak, 'Agatha Zethraeus (1872-1966). Vriendin, leerling en model van Piet Mondriaan', Amersfoort 2014, afb. in kleur pag. 21.
The Swedish-Dutch Agatha Zethraeus is best known as a student of Piet Mondrian. It is said that they had an affair, but this is by no means certain. The painter showed talent at an early age and was educated at the 'Dagtekenschool' for girls in Amsterdam. She supplemented this with lessons from artists. In Renkum (ca. 1905), Cornelis Kuypers taught her to paint landscapes 'plein air' and Piet van Wijngaerdt taught still life painting. But her heart went out to cityscapes, which he painted in Amsterdam and exhibited at 'De Onafhankelijken' and 'Sint Lucas'.
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