Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein (24 February 1867–16 December 1944) was a Dutch artist best known for her work in the decorative arts. Wegerif-Gravestein was born on February 24, 1867 in Vlissingen, Holland. In 1890 she married fellow artist Christiaan Wegerif, with whom she had three children.
Also recorded as Agathe Johanna Gravestein · Agathe Wegerif · Agaat Wegeril-Gravestein
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein

Public domain
- Name
- Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein
- Birth Name
- Agathe Johanna Gravestein
- Born
- February 24, 1867
- Birthplace
- Vlissingen, the Netherlands
- Died
- December 16, 1944
- Place of death
- Laren, North Holland
- Movement
- Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Nieuwe Kunst
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- painter, textile artist, decorative artist and designer.
- Fields
- product design.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein (24 February 1867–16 December 1944) was a Dutch artist best known for her work in the decorative arts. Wegerif-Gravestein was born on February 24, 1867 in Vlissingen, Holland. In 1890 she married fellow artist Christiaan Wegerif, with whom she had three children.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1956847 · wikipedia · Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein
In this article
Biography
Biography
The couple settled in Apeldoorn. There, Wegerif-Gravestein established a batik studio. The studio was successful, producing mostly fabrics for interior decoration. The studio produced designs by Johan Thorn Prikker and Chris Lebeau. Wegerif-Gravestein displayed the studio's work in a variety of international settings including the Exposition Universelle (1900), and the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. Wegerif-Gravestein died on December 16, 1944 in Laren, Holland. Her work is in the CODA Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag,
The field of work recorded is product design. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague, Florence and Apeldoorn. Work by Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein is recorded in the collections of CODA Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Kunstmuseum Den Haag and Drents Museum.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein • Birth Name — Agathe Johanna Gravestein • Born — February 24, 1867 • Birthplace — Vlissingen, the Netherlands • Died — December 16, 1944 • Place of death — Laren, North Holland • Movement — Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Nieuwe Kunst • Illustration — Poster Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, tentoonstelling A. Wegerif-Gravestein
Identity
Identity
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein is recorded with the occupation decorative artist. Recorded with the occupation fashion designer. Recorded as painter, textile artist, decorative artist and designer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1867
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein was born on 24 February 1867.
1944
Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein died on 16 December 1944.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Vlissingen.
Birth place
Laren.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1956847: Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein
General reference · Wikidata
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
The authorities additionally record the headings Agathe Johanna Gravestein, Agathe Wegerif and Agaat Wegeril-Gravestein. She married Chris Wegerif. 2 children are recorded: Chris Wegerif Jr. And Jan Henri Wegerif.
Identity and origins
Recognition and collections
Work by Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein is
CODA Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Kunstmuseum Den Haag
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Fashion
2,260 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Adrienne WuDesigner
- Aenne BurdaDesigner
- Afshin FeizDesigner
- Agatha Ruiz de la PradaDesigner
- Agnès TroubléDesigner
- Agneta EckemyrDesigner
- Agnimitra PaulDesigner
- Agostino LanfranchiDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Agathe Wegerif-Gravestein?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.