| Adya van Rees-Dutilh | |
| Other Names: | Adrienne van Rees-Dutilh |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Field: | Painting, textile arts |
Adrienne (Adya) van Rees-Dutilh (7 June 1876 – 11 August 1959) was a Dutch textile artist, painter and graphic artist. She was part of the Dada movement in Zürich and was one of the early signatories of the first Berlin Dada manifesto.
Rees-Dutilh née Dutilh was born on 7 June 1876 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1] She studied drawing with Barbara Elisabeth van Houten in The Hague and went on to study with Ernest Blanc-Garin at his workshop in Brussels. In 1909 she married fellow artist Otto van Rees with whom she had three children.[2] The couple lived the Montmartre area of Paris along with a group of artist known as Bateau-Lavoir.[3] Around this time Rees-Dutilh began focusing on creating abstract tapestries and embroidery.[4]
Rees-Dutilh converted to Catholicism in 1914 and religion became a subject of her later art.[3]
She moved to Switzerland during World War I. In November 1915 she and Otto participated in a Dada group exhibition at the Galerie Tanner in Zürich. Adya exhibited her embroidery.[3] [5] In 1918 she signed the Berlin Dada manifesto.[2]
Rees-Dutilh moved to Paris and became involved with the art group Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square).[3] By World War II Rees-Dutilh was separated, but not divorced from Otto. She spent the war years in Switzerland where she concentrated on embroidering historic and religious subjects.[2] She returned to the Netherlands in 1949.[5] She lived with Otto in Utrecht until his death in 1957. Her eyesight had deteriorated and she was unable to work.[2]
Rees-Dutilh died on 11 October 1959 in Utrecht.[6]