Margaretha Roosenboom

Still life

Margaretha Roosenboom (1843 – 1896), was a 19th-century Dutch flower painter.

Biography

She was born in Voorburg as the daughter of Nicolaas Roosenboom and Maria Schelfhout, the daughter of Andreas Schelfhout.[1] She was a pupil of her father and her grandfather, and in later life married the widow of her older sister, the painter J.G. Vogel in Voorburg in 1892. She was a child prodigy who showed her work at Pulchri Studio at the age of 16 though she only became a member there in 1878.[2] She sent her work to foreign exhibitions and won prizes at the World's Fair Vienna in 1873, the Chicago World Exposition in 1893, and the World's Fair Atlanta in 1895.[2][3] She signed her works with Marguerite and is known for fruit and flower still lifes.[2] She had many female pupils, including Adrienne van Hogendorp-s' Jacob, who also showed works in Chicago in 1893.[1] She died in Voorburg as the result of injuries from a fall.[2]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Margaretha Roosenboom in the RKD
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Margaretha Roosenboom in 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
  3. ↑ 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Exposition

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