| Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley | |
| Birth Date: | July 13, 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Rijsoord, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Painting, |
Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860-1958) was an American painter who emigrated to the Netherlands.[1]
Hawley was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on July 13, 1860.[2] She studied at the Cooper Union Women's Art School and the Art Students League of New York.[3] In 1892 she traveled to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian[2] and registered at the Académie Colarossi where she taught watercolour since 1893 as the first female teacher.[4] In 1893, she and her friend Laura Muntz (later Lyall) traveled to Rijsoord, in the Netherlands. There she met Bastiaan de Koning (1868-1954) whom she married in 1901.[5] The couple settled in Rijsoord.
Hawley exhibited work at the National Academy of Design, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, and the Paris Salon.[2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the New York Watercolor Society, and the Woman's Art Club of New York[6] She served on the board of the Art Students League of New York.[3]
Hawley died on February 8, 1958, in Rijsoord, Netherlands.[2]
Author: Alexandra van Dongen[7]