Marie Bilders-van Bosse - Heidelandschap. - Sold

A minimalist landscape in earthy colors. Cleaned and restored by Marc Bies in Aarle-Rixtel. Marie Bilders-van Bosse Bilders-van Bosse, photo by Maurits Verveer Personal data Full name Maria Philippina Bilders-van Bosse Born February 21, 1837 Passed away July 11, 1900 Country of birth The Netherlands Occupation(s) painter RKD profile Portal Art & Culture

Maria Philippina (Marie) Bilders-van Bosse ( Amsterdam , February 21, 1837 – Wiesbaden , July 11, 1900 ) was a Dutch painter .

Van Bosse was a daughter of Pieter Philip van Bosse (1809-1879) and of Maria Johanna Reynvaan (1809-1864). Her father was a lawyer and Minister of Finance for over twenty years. Because of his work at the ministry, the family moved to The Hague. Van Bosse was a niece of the artist Sara Stracké-van Bosse and the aunt of the feminist and peace activist Christine Bakker-van Bosse .

Van Bosse indicated when she was eighteen that she wanted to become a painter, unusual for a woman of that time. She was taught by the painters Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Johannes Bosboom , the latter encouraged her to exhibit her work. lesson from Johannes Warnardus Bilders (1811-1890). They married in 1880, with Bosboom and Hendrik Willem Mesdag as witnesses, among others. The couple settled in Oosterbeek . After the death of her husband she returned to The Hague.

Van Bosse focused on landscape painting . She became a member of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij in 1878 and joined the Pulchri Studio a year later. She exhibited at various exhibitions of Living Masters (from 1873), the Paris Salon (1880) and the National Exhibition of Women's Labor 1898 . She was awarded a bronze medal at the 1889 World's Fair and an honorable mention at the 1900 World's Fair , both in Paris. She kept her prices low in order to sell better. This led to protests from other painters from The Hague. Van Bosse's work is included in the collections of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Teylers Museum , Frans Hals Museum , Groninger Museum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam . [5]

Due to a back condition, Van Bosse regularly took cures in Germany. She died in 1900 at the age of 63 in a spa in Wiesbaden and was buried with her husband in Oosterbeek.