Ida Peelen
Ida Carolina Eugenie Peelen (born November 10, 1882 in Palembang , Dutch East Indies , † March 10, 1965 in Zeist ) was a Dutch art historian and museum director. Ida Peelen, who remained unmarried, was one of the first Dutch women to deal professionally with art history .
Live and act
In her Reformed denomination family , Ida Peelen was confronted with anthroposophical ideas from time to time . Ida's father, the Dutch colonial official Jan Peelen (1852–1943), went to The Hague in 1889 with his family of five . In the same year, Ida Peelen's mother Carolina Jacoba Catharina Scherius (* 1857) died giving birth to her fourth child. Ida stayed with one of her younger sisters with an Amsterdam paternal uncle and his wife. She stayed there when the father remarried in 1895. Ida Peelen graduated from high school for girls in Amsterdam , attended a seminar for teachers and, with this training, was able to study history with Hajo Brugmans (1868–1939) and art history with the private lecturer Willem Vogelsang at the University of Amsterdam . In 1905 she completed her studies with the teacher’s diploma (state examination). Vogelsang placed Ida Peelen as a volunteer at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam in the History and Art Department. From 1908 to 1912 she worked in this museum in the graphic collection. She worked out catalogs on handicrafts (furniture, ceramics, porcelain). She also taught art history at a girls' high school in Haarlem .
In 1912 Ida Peelen moved to The Hague and became deputy director of the Gemeentemuseum under Hendrik Enno van Gelder (1876–1960) . In addition to the daily work - consisting of guided tours, lectures and lessons - she was co-author of a catalog on Christian art in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1913 , wrote a catalog on Dutch porcelain in the 19th century and in 1917 published the first scientific catalog on the Dutch porcelain collection in the museum. In her free time, she continues to study anthroposophy .
In 1918 Ida Peelen moved to Delft and succeeded Adolf le Comte (1850–1921) as director of the Museum Lambert van Meerten . As the first director of a national museum in the Netherlands, she achieved international interest through a variety of activities during her years of service until 1947. So could 1920 Collection old Dutch tiles from January Schouten acquire (1852-1937) for the museum. In addition, from 1929 Ida Peelen was director of the Mesdag Collection - also a national museum . In 1934 Wilhelm Martin , the director of the Mauritshuis Museum , took over the management of this museum in The Hague.
On the occasion of her retirement in 1947, Ida Peelen was made Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau .
Ida Peelen spent the last years of her life in the anthroposophical nursing home Huize Valckenbosch in Zeist.
Her scientific specialty was arts and crafts , especially ceramics and porcelain .
Fonts (selection)
See the complete list of publications from Yvette Florence Marcus-de Groot: Kunsthistorische vrouwen van weleer. De eerste generatie in Nederland vóór 1921. Hilversum 2003, pp. 415–416.
- (Ed.): Feest-bundel Dr. Abraham Bredius aangeboden the eighth of April 1915. Amsterdam 1915
- Achttiende-eeuwsch Hollandsch porcelein. Gemeente-Museum te 's-Gravenhage, September 15 – November 15, 1916 . The Hague 1916
- Catalogus van de verzameling Nederlandsch aardewerk. The Hague 1917
- Rijks Museum "House Lambert van Meerten" in Delft. Gids. Delft 1922
literature
- Peelen, Ida In: Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld . Amsterdam 1938, pp. 1137–1138 ( digitized version ).
- Yvette Florence Marcus-de Groot: Kunsthistorische vrouwen van weleer. De eerste generatie in Nederland vóór 1921. Verloren, Hilversum 2003, ISBN 90-6550-766-3 , pp. 255-264 (chapter De eerste vrouwelijke directeur van een rijksmuseum. Ida Peelen (1882-1965) ).
Web links
- Entry in the Biographical Portal of the Netherlands
- Ida Peelen in the Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland
- Entry in the database of the RKD
- Literature by and about Ida Peelen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Entries in Arthistoricum.net
Remarks
- ↑ Dutch: assistant resident.
- ↑ Dutch: Meisjes-HBS (Hogereburgerschool).
- ↑ Dutch: Mo-lerarenopleiding (Mo = Middelbaar Onderwijswet, Secondary School Act).
- ↑ Dutch: MO file.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peel, Ida |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peelen, Ida Carolina Eugenie; Peelen, Ida CE; Peel, ICE |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch art historian and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palembang |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1965 |
| Place of death | Zeist |