Elsa Woutersen van Doesburgh artwork • painting • previously for sale The hat with pink roses
Elsa Woutersen van Doesburgh
Amsterdam 1875-1957 Bloemendaal
1875-1957
The hat with pink roses
oil on canvas 50.0 x 46.0 cm, signed u.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Katlijne van der Stighelen, 'Vrouwenstreken. Onvergetelijke schilderessen uit de Lage Landen', Tielt 2010, pag. 190 (met afb. in kleur).
Exhibited: 'Interieur met dame', Den Haag, Museum Mesdag, 23 nov. 2001-10 maart 2002/ Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, 9 juni-8 sept 2002; Barneveld, Veluws Museum Nairac, 'Koninklijk, kerkelijk en koket', 21 maart-7 juni 2003.
Elsa Woutersen van Doesburgh painted figures, portraits, still lifes and the courtyards of Haarlem, where she later lived, in a smooth, impressionistic style. She became best known to the general public for her miniature portraits and illustrations for magazines. From 1892 to 1899, Elsa attended the ladies' class of the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam, at the same time as the Amsterdam Joffers. She then took lessons with one of them, Coba Ritsema. She was a member of 'Arti et Amicitiae' in Amsterdam and of 'Kunst Zij ons Doel' and the artist group 'De Spaak' in Haarlem.
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