Maria Margaretha van Os explained

Maria Margaretha van Os
Birth Date:November 15, 1779
Birth Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Death Place:The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Education:Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam)[1]
Field:Painting

Maria Margaretha van Os (November 15, 1779  - November 17, 1862),[2] was a 19th-century flower painter from the Northern Netherlands.

Biography

She was born in The Hague as the daughter of the painters Jan van Os and Susanna de la Croix. She was the younger sister of Pieter Gerardus van Os and became the older sister of Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os and Pieter Frederik van Os.[3] Like her brothers, she was a pupil of her parents; her father was a landscape and still-life artist and her mother made pastel portraits.[3] She is known for fruit and flower still lifes.[3] From 1826 she was an honorary member of the Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.[3] She died in The Hague.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maria Margaretha van Os. RKD. 16 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Klarenbeek. Hanna. Hanna Klarenbeek. Os, Maria Margaretha van (1779-1862). Resources Huygens ING. 16 October 2017.
  3. Maria Margaretha van Os in the RKD