Kate Bisschop-Swift
{{Short description|English-born Dutch painter (1834-1928)}}
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Catharina Seaton Foreman Bisschop-Swift, known as Kate (1834-1928) was an English-born Dutch painter, known primarily for her domestic scenes and still-lifes.
Biography
She was largely self-taught. In the late 1860s, she took some lessons from the Dutch painter, Christoffel Bisschop. They were married in January 1869, and she went with him to the Netherlands. They lived in Scheveningen at a villa named "Frisia", although she worked mostly in Leeuwarden.Profile @ the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie.
In 1874, together with Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Sientje van Houten and Margaretha Roosenboom, she painted the "Haagse weeskinderen" (Hague Orphans), as a gift for Queen Sophie on the occasion of the 25th jubilee of Sophie's husband, King William III. Two years later, she was a co-founder of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij; exhibiting regularly throughout The Hague as well as at the Stedelijk Museum.[http://www.artindex.nl/zuidholland/default.asp?id=6&num=0373900087025050253130057009810970501901 Listing] @ Documentatie van Beeldende Kunst in Zuid-Holland. Bisschop-Swift exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite web |last1=Nichols |first1=K. L. |title=Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893| url=http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/cassatt12.html#bisschop|accessdate=31 July 2018}}
Her husband died in 1904. She was named an honorary member of the "Royal Frisian Society for History and Culture" in 1914. After her death, her remaining works and belongings were transferred from her villa to the Fries Museum. This included a large selection of jewelry given to her by various European sovereigns.[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/article.do?code=LC&date=19731111&id=LC-19731111-35003 "Bisschop-sieraden in kijkkast Fries Museum"] @ De Krant van Toen.
Selected paintings
File:Haagse Weeskinderen 1874.jpg|The Hague Orphans
File:Bisschop-Swift-Reading.jpg|Old Woman and Child Reading
File:Bisschop-Swift-Balcony.jpg|On the Balcony
File:Bisschop-Swift-Interior.jpg|Dutch Interior with Four Figures
File:The Widow of a Painter by Kate Bisschop-Swift Rijksmuseum Amsterdam SK-A-1802.jpg|The Painter's Widow
References
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Further reading
- Hanna Klarenbeek, Penseelprinsessen & broodschilderessen: Vrouwen in de beeldende kunst 1808-1913, (exhibition catalog), Thoth, 2012 {{ISBN|90-686-8588-0}}
External links
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- [http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/private/swift_kate_born_seaton_f_/artworks/74955/0/ Arcadja Auctions: More works by Bisschop-Swift.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140221224223/http://www.frieslandzoalshetwas.nl/?q=1&z=1&aflnr=10&artid=8 Obituary] @ Friesland Zoals het Was.
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Category:20th-century Dutch women artists
Category:British emigrants to the Netherlands