Margaretha Christina Verheus (1905-1990) was a Dutch artist.

Biography

Verheus was born on 16 November 1905 in Amsterdam. She attended the ' (National Normal School for Drawing Teachers) in Amsterdam. She studied with Henri Frédéric Boot and

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. She was married to the painter Willem August van der Colk. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale '' Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

in Amsterdam. She was a member of the '' Kunst zij ons doel'' and '. Verheus died on 15 September 1990 in

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. Her work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verheus, Margaretha C. 1905 births 1990 deaths Artists from Amsterdam 20th-century Dutch women artists