Marie Henriëtte Heineken (8 June 1844 – 1 March 1930) was a Dutch painter mainly known for flower still lifes. Her paintings are characterised as impressionist.

Biography

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Marie Heineken was born on 8 June 1844 on the Korte

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in Amsterdam. She was a cousin of the founder of

Heineken Heineken Lager Beer ( nl, Heineken Pilsener), or simply Heineken () is a pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 Feb ...

During a holiday when she was still a child, she met a painter, and became fascinated with painting. Her earliest work dates from 1859, and she would remain an active painter for the rest of her life. At the age of 24, she enlisted at the

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...

and was taught by

August Allebé August Allebé (19 April 1838 – 10 January 1927) was an artist and teacher from the Northern Netherlands. His early paintings were in a romanticism, romantic style, but in his later work he was an exponent of realism (arts), realism and impress ...

. She was later taught by

Petrus Franciscus Greive Petrus Franciscus Greive (25 March 1811 in Amsterdam – 4 November 1872 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and lithographer. Biography He studied with Jean Augustin Daiwaille, Jan Willem Pieneman and Christiaan Julius Lodewijk Portman (1799– ...

. Heineken painted with

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and pastel. The emphasis was on flower still lifes, however she has also painted landscapes, cityscapes and portraits. For most of her life, she was active in Amsterdam except for 1891 to 1897 when she lived in

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. She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, and . From 1883 onwards, she had several exhibitions in Amsterdam. A part of her work is on display at the

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. Heineken was a personal friend of

Betsy Repelius Johanna Elisabeth Repelius, known as Betsy (31 January 1848 in Amsterdam – 23 January 1921 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and watercolorist who specialized in simple, one-figure, Genre art, genre scenes. Biography She was the youngest ...

. When Repelius died in 1921, she left her studio and all equipment to Heineken. Heineken died on 1 May 1930 at the age of 85 in Amsterdam. In 1994, the

Marie Heinekenplein The Marie Heinekenplein (English: Marie Heineken Square) is a square in Amsterdam, Netherlands, popularly known as the Heinekenplein. The circle-shaped square is used for various events, such as a book market and an open-air cinema. Marie Heineke ...

was named after her. The naming is slightly controversial, because the square is located on the former Heineken brewery. Streets are not allowed to be named after living people or companies, and therefore, some people suggest that her name was used as a reference to the former brewery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heineken, Marie 1844 births 1930 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch women artists 20th-century Dutch women artists Flower artists Impressionism Dutch watercolourists