Margaretha Roosenboom

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life and floral. Andreas Schelfhout is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are The Hague, Brussels and Hilversum. Residence is recorded at The Hague and Brussels. Works named in the authority record are Stilleven met voorjaarsbloemen, Still life with grapes and Stilleven met vruchten. Work by Margaretha Roosenboom is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Teylers Museum, Centraal Museum and Rijksmuseum. Distinctions recorded are 1873 Vienna World's Fair and World's Columbian Exposition.

• Name — Margaretha Roosenboom • Birth Name — Margaretha Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Roosenboom • Died — 1896 • Place of death — Voorburg, Netherlands • Field — painter • Spouse — Johannes Gijsbert Vogel • Illustration — White Mallows on a Stone Table Margaretha Roosenboom (1843 – 1896), was a 19th-century Dutch flower painter.

She was born in Voorburg as the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom and Maria Schelfhout, the daughter of Andreas Schelfhout. She was a pupil of her father in Brussels where she grew up, and in 1867 she returned to The Hague to learn watercolour painting from her grandfather. She was a child prodigy who showed her work at Pulchri Studio at the age of 16 though she only became a member there in 1878. In 1887 she moved in with her cousin Maria Henrietta Catherina van Wielik, who was married to the painter Johannes Gijsbert Vogel. After her cousin died in 1892 she married Vogel in the same year in Voorburg. She sent her work to foreign exhibitions and won prizes at the World's Fair Vienna in 1873, the Chicago World Exposition in 1893, and the World's Fair Atlanta in 1895. She signed her works with Marguerite and is known for fruit and flower still lifes. She had many female pupils, including Adrienne van Hogendorp-s' Jacob and Helene Cramer, who also showed works in Chicago in 1893. She died in Voorburg relatively young from injuries suffered from a fall.

The authorities additionally record the headings Margaretha Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Henriëtta Roosenboom, Margaretha Vogel Roosenboom, Margaretha Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Henrietta Roosenboom, Marguerite Roosenboom and Margarete Roosenboom. She was the child of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom. She married Johannes Gijsbert Vogel. Other recorded relations include Andreas Schelfhout.

Margaretha Roosenboom is recorded as having received 1873 Vienna World's Fair and World's Columbian Exposition.