Grada Hermina Marius Explained
Grada Hermina Marius or G.H. Marius (June 7, 1854 – November 8, 1919) was a Dutch writer and painter.
Marius was born in Hengelo but was trained under Jan Striening (1827-1903) in Deventer.[1] She then moved to Amsterdam where she trained under August Allebé.[1] In 1883 she settled in the Hague, where she became an art critic as well as continuing to draw and paint as a member of Pulchri Studio. She lived with her brother's family, and after he died in 1903 she stayed in the house with his surviving family and earned a living with her books, which were well received.
Marius died in The Hague.
Works
- 1899 John Ruskin. Een inleiding tot zijn werken, introduction to his work
- 1903 De Hollandsche schilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw, comprehensive book that was later translated
- 1905 Rembrandt. Een boek voor jong Holland, a children's book about Rembrandt
- 1906 Jan Steen. Zijn leven en zijne kunst, a 1907 illustrated desk calendar
- 1906 Die holländische Malerei im neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, translated into German from her 1903 book
- 1908 Dutch painting in the nineteenth century, translated into English from her 1903 book
- 1909 Het Museum Mesdag en zijne Stichters, written with the assistance of P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek
- 1910 De schilderkunst der 19e eeuw, translation of a book from French by Léonce Bénédite.
- 1912 Jac. van Looy, part of a series on contemporary painters: Hollandsche schilders van dezen tijd
- 1917 Johannes Bosboom, written with the assistance of Wilhelm Martin
- 1920 De Hollandsche schilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw, second edition of her 1903 book in Dutch, with a foreword by W. Martin.
Notes and References
- http://arthistorians.info/mariusg G. H. Marius
