Thérèse Ansingh who used the pseudonym Sorella (1883-1968) was a
Dutch artist.
Biography
Ansingh was born on 9 July 1883 in
Amsterdam
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. She was a member of an artistic family. She was the granddaughter of the painter
Johan Georg Schwartze.
Her parents were Clara Theresia Schwartze and Edzard Willem Ansingh. She was the younger sister of
Lizzy Ansingh and the niece of the painter
Thérèse Schwartze and the sculptor
Georgine Schwartze.
In In 1917 married the painter .
Ansingh began painting around 1932, as she was approaching the age of 50. There is no record of her attending art school and her style could be described as
naive.
She was a member of the ''
Arti et Amicitiae
Arti et Amicitiae (lat .: For Art and Friendship) is a Dutch artist's society founded in 1839, and located on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The Society (also called Arti for short) has played a key role in the Netherlands art scene and in particular in ...
'', ', and the '.
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 S ...
in Amsterdam.
In 1941 she received the ''Sint Lucasprijs'' (St. Lucas Prize) and in 1956 she received the ''Arti-medaille'' (Arti Medal)
Ansingh died on 16 September 1968 in Amsterdam.
References
External links
images of Ansingh's arton Invaluable
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1883 births
1968 deaths
Artists from Amsterdam
20th-century Dutch women artists