Thérèse Schwartze (20 December 185123 December 1918) was a

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Life

Thérèse Schwartze was born on 20 December 1851 in

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in the

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. She was the daughter of the painter Johan Georg Schwartze, who grew up in Philadelphia and trained in Düsseldorf. Schwartze received her first training from her father, before studying for a year at the

Rijksacademie 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 ...

. She then travelled to Munich and studied under Gabriel Max and

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. In 1879 she went to

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to continue her studies under

Jean-Jacques Henner Jean-Jacques Henner (5 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects and portraits. Biography Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his stud ...

. When she returned to Amsterdam she became a member of

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. Schwartze exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois.

Death

On 22 July 1918 her husband, Anton van Duyl, died. As Schwartze was in bad health at that time (and tried to hide this), the death of her husband was a blow that she could not overcome easily. She died in Amsterdam on 23 December 1918 from a sudden illness. Schwartze was buried at Zorgvlied cemetery in Amsterdam. Later she was reburied at the Nieuwe Ooster cemetery in Amsterdam, where her sister created a memorial to her, modelled after her death mask, which is now a

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Works

Her portraits, mostly of Amsterdam's elite, are remarkable for excellent character drawing, breadth and vigour of handling and rich quality of pigment. She signed her works "Th. Schwartze" and was married late in life in 1906 to Anton van Duyl, whereupon she signed works with "Th. v Duyl.Schwartze". She was one of the few women painters who had been honoured by an invitation to contribute their portraits to the hall of painters at the

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. Some of her best pictures, notably a portrait of Piet J Joubert, and '' Three Inmates of the Orphanage at Amsterdam,'' are at the

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, and one entitled ''Five Amsterdam Orphans'' at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in

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. Her niece Lizzy Ansingh, who she painted a few times, also became a painter. Her sister

Georgine Schwartze Georgine Schwartze (12 April 1854 – 8 August 1935) was a Dutch sculptor. She is most notable for her design and execution of a marble tomb for her sister Thérèse which was declared a national monument by the Dutch government. Biography Bor ...

became a sculptor. She lived with her extended family at

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1901 in Amsterdam and painted her housemates in 1915: ;Works of Thérèse Schwartze by museum *Jewish antique dealer,

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*Portrait of Mozes de Vries van Buren, Joods Historisch Museum *Portrait of Abraham Carel Wertheim, Joods Historisch Museum *Portrait of P. M. Wertheim-Wertheim, Joods Historisch Museum *Portrait of Dr. J.L. Dusseau (1870),

*Young Italian woman with the dog Puck (1879), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Peter Marius Tutein Nolthenius (1879/1880), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Frederik Daniël Otto Obreen (1883), Rijksmuseum *Three Inmates of the Orphanage at Amsterdam (1885), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Dr. P.J.H. Cuypers (1885), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Alida Elisabeth Grevers (1889), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of

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(1890), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël (1899), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Amelia Eliza van Leeuwen (1900), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Lizzie Ansingh (1902), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of Maria Catharina Josephine Jordan (1902), Rijksmuseum *Portrait of C.M van der Goot-Mabé Grevingh (1883),

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*Several drawings, Leiden University *Portrait of Prof Adriaan Heynsius (1883), Leiden University *Portrait of Prof

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(c. 1900), Leiden University *Portrait of Prof A.P.N. Franchimont (1899), Leiden University *Portrait of Prof. M.J. de Goeje (c. 1905), Leiden University *Portrait of Prof Blok (1914), Leiden University

Gallery

File:Thérèse Schwartze - Drie meisjes uit het Amsterdamse Burgerweeshuis.jpg, ''Three Inmates of the Orphanage at Amsterdam'' (1885) File:Thérèse Schwartze 013.jpg,

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(1898) File:APNFranchimont.jpg, Prof. Franchimont (1899) File:Thérèse Schwartze - Portret van Lizzie Ansingh.jpg, ''Portrait of Lizzy'' (1902) File:Thérèse Schwartze 015.jpg, ''Portrait of Geradine Marguerite van Hardenbroek'' (1903) File:Mijne huisgenooten (ca. 1915) door Thérèse Schwartze.jpg, ''The Inmates of my House'' (1915) File:Thérèse Schwartze 024.jpg, ''Portrait of a Girl'' (1918) File:Thérèse Schwartze 006.jpg, ''Portrait of Johanna Eugenia Theadora Van Hoorn Schouwe'' (1918)

References

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Sources

* Hollema, Cora and Kouwenhoven, Pieternel, ''Thérèse Schwartze, Painting for a Living,'' 2nd edn Amsterdam 2021, , www.thereseschwartze.com

External links

* http://www.thereseschwartze.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartze, Therese 1851 births 1918 deaths Dutch portrait painters Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch painters 20th-century Dutch women artists 19th-century Dutch women painters