Maria Vos

Maria Vos, 1882

Maria Vos (born December 21, 1824 in Amsterdam , † January 11, 1906 in Oosterbeek ) was a Dutch painter .

Life

Maria Vos was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of the real estate agent Gerrit Vos and his wife Gerarda Bouwmeester (1793–1833). She trained as a housekeeper at a French boarding school in Weesp . From 1841 she studied with Petrus Kiers , who is known as a painter of interiors by candlelight and landscapes by moonlight. He taught her drawing , painting and watercolor . In 1853 Maria Vos moved to Oosterbeek and began painting landscapes and still lifes. In 1870 she built a house, the so-called Villa Garda, and lived in it with Adriana Johanna Haanen .

Memberships

• 1847 honorary member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Amsterdam
• Gelderse artists' colony in Barbizon

Works (selection)

• Maria Vos in her studio on Eng in Oosterbeek , Rijksmuseum
• Album van oud Oosterbeek , 14 watercolors

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  Groentestal (1882)

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  Still life (1878)

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1855 Imperial Academy , Amsterdam
• 1863 Brussels Salon ( Exposition générale des Beaux Arts ) Brussels
• 1866 Brussels Salon, Brussels
• 1869 Brussels Salon, Brussels
• 1876 World's Fair , Philadelphia

Web links

Commons : Maria Vos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Artindex online
• Huygens Institute: Vos, Maria (1824–1906) Online