Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar
Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar | |
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Born | Hoogezand, Netherlands | 2 July 1850
Died | 12 April 1936 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 85)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | The Hague School |
Spouse | Taco Mesdag |
Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar (1850–1936) was a Dutch painter. She is known for her landscape, flower, and genre paintings.
Biography
Mesdag-van Calcar was born 2 July 1850 in Hoogezand. She attended the Academie Minerva in Groningen She also studied with Paul Gabriël in Paris.[1]
She married fellow painter Taco Mesdag (1829–1902) and the couple settled in The Hague. Both were members of the Pulchri Studio[2] and also associated with the Hague School[3]. They also owned property in Vries, Drenthe where they painted in the summer.[2]
Mesdag-van Calcar exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She received an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.[1]
After her husband's death in 1902, Mesdag-van Calcar moved to Kortenhoef, where she built a studio.[2] Her work from that time was in an Impressionistic style.[3]
Hugenholtz died 4 April 1934 in The Hague.[1]
Gallery
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View of Vries with Bonifatius Church
References
- ^ a b c "Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar". RKD. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Gesina 'Geesje' Mesdag-van Calcar". Simonis & Buunk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 19 August 2018.