Chrisje van der Willigen artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Flowers in blue vase
Chrisje van der Willigen
Haarlem 1850-1931 Laren (N.H.)
1850-1931
Flowers in blue vase
watercolour on paper 42.0 x 37.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1902
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Simonis & Buunk Kunsthandel, 1887; coll. E. Snellen-Smits, Bennekom; Mw. Buunk-Bokhorst, Ede.
Literature: Margriet van Seumeren, Sarah Heijse, Nikkie Herberigs, 'Gooise vrouwen in de kunst 1850-2010', Wormerveer 2009, pag. 75, pag. 76, afb. 59 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Hilversum, Museum Hilversum. 'Gooise vrouwen', 3 okt. 2009-28 febr. 2010; Nunspeet, Noord-Veluws Museum, ‘Kunstenaressen op de Veluwe 1880-1960’, 2 sept. 2017-4 maart 2018.
Chrisje van der Willigen made a name for himself with small floral still lifes, especially watercolors. Her work differs from her contemporaries because she does not paint in the style of the Hague School but goes her own way. She is daring and sketches more than she paints. Color is the most important thing, perhaps more important than the subject. The painter was born in 1850 in Haarlem as the daughter of the famous art historian. She received lessons from P.F. van Os and F.G.W. Oldewelt. In 1904 she moved to Brussels for a year and then took lessons at the drawing academy of Antwerp. In 1906 she settled in Laren.
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