Marie van Regteren Altena

Marie van Regteren Altena studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Training under August Allebé, Jan Veth and Geo Poggenbeek is recorded. Works named in the authority record are Roses. Work by Marie van Regteren Altena is recorded in the collections of Teylers Museum, Rijksmuseum, Museum Henriette Polak, Amsterdam Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

• Name — Marie van Regteren Altena • Other Names — Maria Engelina van Regteren Altena • Born — 28 December 1868 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Died — 6 July 1958 • Place of death — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Education — Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten • Field — Painting • Illustration — Theetijd

Altena was born on 28 December 1868 in Amsterdam. She studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts). She studied with Geo Poggenbeek and Gerard Overman. She was a member of the Amsterdamse Joffers. She was also a member of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas Amsterdam (Amsterdam Artists Association of Sint Lucas) and the Arti et Amicitiae artist's society. Altena was influenced by the work of the French painters Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, and Édouard Manet. Altena's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Her work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Altena died on 6 July 1958, in Amsterdam.