Anna Abrahams
Anna Adelaïde Abrahams (1849 – 1930) was a Dutch still life painter.
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Anna Abrahams
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- Name
- Anna Adelaïde Abrahams
- Born
- 16 June 1849
- Birthplace
- Middelburg, Netherlands
- Died
- 18 January 1930
- Place of death
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Education
- Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
- Field
- painting
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- painter · watercolorist
- Teachers
- Petrus Van der Velden · Rudolphine Swanida Wildrik
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Biography
Biography
Anna Abrahams studied at Royal Academy of Art. Training under Petrus Van der Velden and Rudolphine Swanida Wildrik is recorded. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Middelburg, Oosterbeek and The Hague. Residence is recorded at Oosterbeek. Work by Anna Abrahams is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Groninger Museum, Royal Collections of the Netherlands and Museum Gouda.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Anna Adelaïde Abrahams • Born — 16 June 1849 • Birthplace — Middelburg, Netherlands • Died — 18 January 1930 • Place of death — The Hague, Netherlands • Education — Royal Academy of Art, The Hague • Field — painting
Biography
Biography
Abrahams was born 16 June 1849 in Middelburg, Netherlands. Abrahams' instructors included Jan Frederik Schütz, Rudolphina Swanida Wildrik, Maria Vos, and Adriana Johanna Haanen. She moved to The Hague in 1877. There she attended the Royal Academy of Art. Beginning in 1882 Abrahams showed her work in Levende Meesters (Living Masters) exhibitions throughout the Netherlands. She exhibited in Europe in Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Brussels. She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Abrahams was a member of the art association Ons Doel Is Schoonheid (Our Goal Is Beauty) and was on the board of the Pulchri Studio. She never married. Abrahams died 18 January 1930 in The Hague.
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Anna Abrahams lived from 1849 to 1930 and was a watercolourist and painter. Anna Abrahams was born in 1849 in Middelburg and died in 1930.
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• Illustration — Still life • Illustration — Still life
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Anna Abrahams is recorded as painter and watercolorist.
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1849
Anna Abrahams born at Middelburg.
1930
Anna Abrahams died at The Hague.
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Oosterbeek
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Middelburg.
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The Hague.
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Legacy
Abrahams works are in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Mesdag Collection The Hague, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Zeeuws Museum in Middelburg, and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.
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- 1.Ontdek schilder, aquarellist Anna Abrahams. rkd.nl.
- 2.Abrahams, Anna Adelaïde (1849-1930), Huygens-Institut für die Geschichte der Niederlande, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2023
- 3.Anna Abrahams (1849-1930) Gemälde zu Verkaufen. simonis-buunk.de.
- 4.Anna Abrahams auf Invaluable, abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2023
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Formation and teaching. Abrahams studied at Royal Academy of Art. She trained under Petrus Van der Velden and Rudolphine Swanida Wildrik. Abrahams worked in painting. She belonged to Hague Arts Circle, Pulchri Studio and Arti et Amicitiae. She worked at Middelburg, Oosterbeek and The Hague.
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Work by Anna Abrahams is
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Groninger Museum and Royal Collections of the Netherlands
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