Wilhelmina van Idsinga explained

Wilhelmina van Idsinga also Wilhelmina Geertruida of Idsinga, (1788–1819) was a Dutch painter. She was born in Leeuwarden.[1]

Early life

Wilhelmina van Idsinga was the only child of jonkheer Johan van Idsinga, registrar of the states of Friesland, and Tjebbina Heimans. When she was six years old, her mother died, after which Johan van Idsinga married Geertruida Style. Her father's second marriage was childless.[2]

While she was young, she started drawing and painting portraits, initially in pastel chalk and later in oil paintings. She was taught by the Frisian painters Carel Jacob van Baar van Slangenburgh and Willem Bartel van der Kooi.[3] [4]

Career

Around 1814 her artistic talent came to fruition.[5] In that year she exhibited in The Hague and Amsterdam. Among other things, in Amsterdam was the portrait of a girl with a basket of flowers. Two years later, in 1816, she exhibited a pastel drawing to the painting "a historical ordinance, being the widow of Sarepta and the prophet Elias" by Govert Flinck . In 1818 Van Idsinga exhibited a portrait of a Frisian woman and a pastel drawing of an elderly man in an exhibition of living artists. The General Arts and Letterman called the works " showing off her practiced painting talent ."[6] [7] [8]

Death

Wilhelmina van Idsinga died on May 3, 1819, of a "a breast disease," Her parents left Wilhelmina's self-portrait with straw hat, which Wumkes in the New Dutch Biographical Dictionary called her best piece,[9] to the, where the painting still resides.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga. www.biografischportaal.nl. 30 September 2017. nl.
  2. Web site: Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga · dbnl. DBNL. 30 September 2017. nl.
  3. Web site: Explore Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga. rkd.nl. 30 September 2017. nl.
  4. News: Familiebericht. Leeuwarder courant. 30 September 2017. 14 May 1819.
  5. Web site: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. resources.huygens.knaw.nl. 30 September 2017. Dutch. 20 March 2017.
  6. Web site: Explore Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga. rkd.nl. 30 September 2017. nl.
  7. Web site: Portret van Wilhelmina Geertruida van Idsinga (Leeuwarden 1788-1819). Schilderes en tekenares. Leerlinge van C.J. Baar van Slangenburg en W.B. van der Kooi., opm_schaal: millimetersmillimeters literatuur_auteurs: Boschma, C.Hall, van, and Verso: "Willemina, Geertruida van Idsinga geboren den 10 November 1788, getekend door W.B. van der Kooi, naar het orige=nele schilderij van denzelven in den jaare 1815 geschilderd".. Europeana Collections. 30 September 2017. en.
  8. Web site: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. resources.huygens.knaw.nl. 30 September 2017. Dutch. 20 March 2017.
  9. Web site: EHRMANN. Thierry. Wilhelmina geertrudia VAN IDSINGA (1788-1819) : Auction sales, auction prices, indices and biography of Wilhelmina geertrudia VAN IDSINGA - Artprice.com. www.artprice.com. 30 September 2017. en.
  10. Web site: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW). resources.huygens.knaw.nl. 30 September 2017.
  11. Web site: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. resources.huygens.knaw.nl. 30 September 2017. Dutch. 20 March 2017.

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