Marie van Regteren Altena explained

Marie van Regteren Altena
Other Names:Maria Engelina van Regteren Altena
Birth Date:28 December 1868
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Education:Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Field:Painting

Marie van Regteren Altena (1868–1958) was a Dutch painter known for her still lifes.

Biography

Altena was born on 28 December 1868 in Amsterdam. She studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts).[1] She studied with Geo Poggenbeek and Gerard Overman.[2] She was a member of the Amsterdamse Joffers.[3] She was also a member of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas Amsterdam (Amsterdam Artists Association of Sint Lucas) and the Arti et Amicitiae artist's society. Altena was influenced by the work of the French painters Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet.[4]

Altena's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[5]

Her work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum[6] and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.[2]

Altena died on 6 July 1958, in Amsterdam.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marie van Regteren Altena . RKD . 16 September 2020 . nl.
  2. Web site: Marie van Regteren Altena (1868-1958) . Stedelijk Museum Schiedam . 16 September 2020 . nl.
  3. Book: Regteren Altena, Maria Engelina van . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00150132 . 978-0-19-977378-7 . 16 September 2020 . en.
  4. Web site: Persoonlijkheden in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in woord en beeld . Resources Huygens ING . 16 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - . Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) . 15 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Portret van een meisje, Marie van Regteren Altena, 1878 - 1958 . Rijksmuseum . 16 September 2020 . nl.