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Margaretha Roosenboom artwork • painting • previously for sale A swag of roses

Roosenboom M.C.J.W.H.  | 'Margaretha' Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Henriëtta Roosenboom, A swag of roses, oil on canvas 103.0 x 68.3 cm, signed l.l.

Margaretha Roosenboom

A swag of roses
oil on canvas 103.0 x 68.3 cm, signed l.l.

This painting was previously for sale.

Literature: Hanna Klarenbeek, 'Penseelprinsessen & broofschilderessen. Vrouwen in de beeldende kunst 1808-1913', Bussum 2012, afb. in kleur pag. 165.
Exhibited: Den Haag, De Mesdag Collectie, 'Penseelprinsessen', 30 mei-26 aug. 2012.

The first painting lessons Margaretha Roosenboom had were from her father, N.J. Roosenboom, while her grandfather, Andreas Schelfhout, taught her the art of watercolour. She preferred painting flowers in their most natural state, arranged in vases or casually put down in a bunch on a forest floor or stone plinth. Consequently, also wild flowers or those that have already flowered appear in her still lifes. In this she deliberately broke with the 18th century tradition of carefully arranged, extravagant still lifes. Often a particular type of flower, like a rose, formed the centrepiece of her paintings and watercolours. About her warm tones and distinctive use of colour, a contemporary of hers wrote: ‘Vermeer had his own blue…Rembrandt his golden colour spectrum, Margaretha Roosenboom her subtle distinctions, shining like pink pearls’.


Margaretha Roosenboom | Pink roses on a stone ledge, watercolour and gouache on paper, 35.1 x 53.3 cm, signed l.r.

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Margaretha Roosenboom | Roses on a Spanish guitar, oil on canvas, 110.8 x 75.9 cm

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Margaretha Roosenboom | Still life with grapes, a lemon and flowers on the forest floor, oil on panel, 29.5 x 40.1 cm, signed l.l.

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Margaretha Roosenboom | White chrysanthemums on a stone ledge, watercolour on paper, 44.6 x 74.9 cm, signed l.r.

Margaretha Roosenboom

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Margaretha Roosenboom | Yellow Roses, watercolour on paper, 53.5 x 36.0 cm

Margaretha Roosenboom

watercolour • drawing • for sale

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