Het rode schaapje by Lizzy Ansingh
Het rode schaapje by Lizzy Ansingh
Het rode schaapje by Lizzy Ansingh
Het rode schaapje by Lizzy Ansingh
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Het rode schaapje 1900 - 1950

Lizzy Ansingh

Original oil on canvas
 40 ⨯ 30 cm
Price on request

Studio 2000 Art Gallery

  • About the artwork
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 30 cm.
    Signed: lower right
    Provenance: private collection, The Netherlands.

    Lizzy Ansingh was one of the most important figures within the Amsterdam Joffers, a group of talented female painters who conquered the Dutch art world around 1900.
    Ansingh excelled in a flawless, artisanal-academic technique that she learned from her famous aunt, Thérèse Schwartze.
  • About the artist

    Lizzy Ansingh was a Dutch painter who was born in Utrecht on 13 March 1875. Her aunt Thérèse Schwartze gave Lizzy drawing-lessons and encouraged her niece to develop her artistic career. She introduced her to various painters, among others the Dutch painters George Hendrik Breitner, Piet Mondriaan and Simon Maris. Between 1894-1897 Lizzy studied at the Amsterdam Royal Academy of Visual Arts. There a lasting friendship was born between a group of female painters, later called the Amsterdamse Joffers: Lizzy Ansingh, Marie van Regteren Altena, Suze Bisschop-Robertson,Coba Ritsema, Ans van den Berg, Jacoba Surie, Nelly Bodenheim, Betsy Westendorp-Osieck and Jo Bauer-Stumpff. She was also a member of the Amsterdam art circles Arti et Amicitiae and Sint Lucas. She died in Amsterdam on 14 December 1959. Ansingh is known for her still-lifes, portraits, dolls, animals and cityscapes. Her work is included in The Hague Municipality Museum, Singer Museum Laren and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.

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Artwork details

Category
Paintings
Subject
WomanHuman
Style
Impressionism
Material & Technique
Original oil on canvas
Colour
Red