Grada Hermina Marius or G.H. Marius (June 7, 1854 – November 8, 1919) was a

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writer and painter. Marius was born in

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but was trained under Jan Striening (1827-1903) in Deventer.G. H. Marius
in the

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She then moved to Amsterdam where she trained under

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. In 1883 she settled in the Hague, where she became an art critic as well as continuing to draw and paint as a member of

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. She lived with her brother's family, and after he died in 1903 she stayed in the house with his surviving family and earned a living with her books, which were well received. File:De wagenmaker van G.H. Marius.jpg, The Wagoneer File:G.H. Marius - Jan Steen calendar WP 20170410 009.jpg, 1907 calendar of Jan Steen paintings Marius died in

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Works

* 1899 ''

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. Een inleiding tot zijn werken'', introduction to his work * 1903 ''De Hollandsche schilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw'', comprehensive book that was later translated * 1905 ''

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. Een boek voor jong Holland'', a children's book about Rembrandt * 1906 ''

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. Zijn leven en zijne kunst'', a 1907 illustrated desk calendar * 1906 ''Die holländische Malerei im neunzehnten Jahrhunderts'', translated into German from her 1903 book * 1908 '' Dutch painting in the nineteenth century'', translated into English from her 1903 book * 1909 ''Het

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en zijne Stichters'', written with the assistance of P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek * 1910 ''De schilderkunst der 19e eeuw'', translation of a book from French by

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. * 1912 '' Jac. van Looy'', part of a series on contemporary painters: ''Hollandsche schilders van dezen tijd'' * 1917

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, written with the assistance of

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* 1920 ''De Hollandsche schilderkunst in de negentiende eeuw'', second edition of her 1903 book in Dutch, with a foreword by W. Martin.

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