| Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar | |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1850 |
| Birth Place: | Hoogezand, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Education: | Academie Minerva |
| Field: | Painting |
| Movement: | The Hague School |
| Spouse: | Taco Mesdag |
Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar (1850–1936) was a Dutch painter. She is known for her landscape, flower, and genre paintings.
Mesdag-van Calcar was born 2 July 1850 in Hoogezand. She attended the Academie Minerva in Groningen She also studied with Paul Gabriël in Paris.[1]
She married fellow painter Taco Mesdag (1829 - 1902) and the couple settled in The Hague. Both were members of the Pulchri Studio[2] and also associated with the Hague School. They also owned property in Vries, Drenthe where they painted in the summer.[2]
Mesdag-van Calcar exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She received an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.[1]
After her husband's death in 1902, Mesdag-van Calcar moved to Kortenhoef, where she built a studio.[2] Her work from that time was in an Impressionistic style.[3]
Hugenholtz died 4 April 1934 in The Hague.[1]