Catharina Seaton Foreman Bisschop-Swift, known as Kate (1834-1928) was an English-born Dutch painter, known primarily for her domestic scenes and

still-life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...

Biography

She was largely self-taught. In the late 1860s, she took some lessons from the Dutch painter,

Christoffel Bisschop Christoffel Bisschop (22 April 1828 – 5 October 1904) was a Dutch painter and lithographer, known primarily for genre scenes and figures. Biography He was born in Leeuwarden. His father was a prominent merchant. He had several teachers: in Le ...

. They were married in January 1869, and she went with him to the Netherlands. They lived in

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at a villa named "Frisia", although she worked mostly in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

. In 1874, together with

Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen (July 27, 1826–September 19, 1895), was a 19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography She was born into a family of painters in The Hague to Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Sop ...

, Sientje van Houten and

Margaretha Roosenboom Margaretha Roosenboom (1843 – 1896), was a 19th-century Dutch flower painter. Biography She was born in Voorburg as the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom and Maria Schelfhout, the daughter of Andreas Schelfhout.

, she painted the "Haagse weeskinderen" (Hague Orphans), as a gift for Queen Sophie on the occasion of the 25th jubilee of Sophie's husband, King

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. Two years later, she was a co-founder of the

Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij The Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij (''Dutch drawing society'') was an international art society founded in 1876 in The Hague. The purpose of the society was to promote watercolor painting as an art in itself, which until then had been known only as ...

; exhibiting regularly throughout

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as well as at the

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

. Bisschop-Swift exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Her husband died in 1904. She was named an honorary member of the "Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture" in 1914. After her death, her remaining works and belongings were transferred from her villa to the

Fries Museum The Fries Museum (Frisian Museum) is a museum in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. It has won the Global Fine Art Award which is sometimes nicknamed the Museum-Oscar. History (1881-2012) The museum was founded on 13 April 1881 by the "''Provincial Friesch ...

. This included a large selection of jewelry given to her by various European sovereigns."Bisschop-sieraden in kijkkast Fries Museum"
@ De Krant van Toen.

Selected paintings

File:Haagse Weeskinderen 1874.jpg, The Hague Orphans File:Bisschop-Swift-Reading.jpg, Old Woman and Child Reading File:Bisschop-Swift-Balcony.jpg, On the Balcony File:Bisschop-Swift-Interior.jpg, Dutch Interior with Four Figures File:The Widow of a Painter by Kate Bisschop-Swift Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-1802.jpg, The Painter's Widow

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Arcadja Auctions: More works by Bisschop-Swift.Obituary
@ Friesland Zoals het Was. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisschop-Swift, Kate 1834 births 1928 deaths Dutch women painters 19th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch painters 19th-century Dutch women artists 20th-century Dutch women artists Painters from London English emigrants to the Netherlands

Biography

Selected paintings

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