Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille

Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille

Portrait by her father
Born May 5, 1814
Died June 2, 1881
Nationality Netherlands

Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille (May 5, 1814 – June 2, 1881) was a painter and lithographer from the Netherlands. She was born in Amsterdam and was taught to paint by her father Jean Augustin Daiwaille. She married the landscape painter Barend Cornelis Koekkoek in 1833. They had five daughters, of whom Adèle and Marie Louise also became painters. They ran a school for artists in Kleve, Germany and their former home is now the museum B.C. Koekkoek-Haus. She is principally known for her Principes des fleurs et des fruits, an album with six lithograph's with fruit and flower still lifes.

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