Henriëtte Geertruida Knip (19 July 1783 – 29 May 1842) was a flower painter from the

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. Knip was born in

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as the daughter of the painter Nicolaas Frederik Knip. After her father went blind, she followed lessons from her older brother, Joseph August Knip. In 1802, she followed him to Paris and took lessons from the flower painter

Gerard van Spaendonck Gerard van Spaendonck (22 March 1746 – 11 May 1822) was a Dutch Painting, painter. Life Gerard was born in Tilburg, an older brother of Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756–1840), who was also an accomplished artist. In the 1760s he studied with de ...

. She became a successful painter and spent summers in

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painting the flowers of the various flower companies, and she spent winters in Amsterdam teaching ladies how to paint. In 1824 she went back again to Paris to take lessons from the artist

Jan Frans van Dael Jan Frans van Dael or Jean-François van Dael (27 May 1764 – 20 March 1840) was a Flemish painter and lithography, lithographer specializing in still lifes of flowers and fruit. He had a successful career in Paris where his patrons include ...

. When her brother began to go blind, she was able to support his family as well as herself. She never married and died in

. Her work is sometimes confused with that of her niece

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (; 31 May 1821 – 28 February 1909) was a Dutch-Belgian artist chiefly in the Romanticism, Romantic style who is best known for her still life animal paintings; especially cats. Biography She was born in Amsterdam int ...

, whose works generally contain animals.

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Henriëtte Knip
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Henriëtte Knip
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* 1783 births 1842 deaths People from Tilburg Artists from North Brabant 18th-century Dutch painters 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch flower artists 18th-century Dutch women painters 19th-century Dutch women painters {{Netherlands-painter-stub