Marie Wandscheer
{{Short description|Dutch artist (1856–1936)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Marie Wandscheer
| image = Marie Wandscheer, by Willem Witsen.jpg
| caption = Marie Wandscheer, by Willem Witsen
| birth_date = {{birth date|1856|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|9|18|1856|11|19|df=y}}
| death_place = Ede, Netherlands{{cite web |title=Wandscheer, Marie or Maria |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00194176 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |accessdate=15 September 2020 |language=en }}
| nationality = Dutch
| education = Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
| field = Painting
}}
Maria Wilhelmina Wandscheer, known as Marie (1856 – 1936) was a Dutch painter; primarily of female portraits and flowers.{{cite web |title=Marie Wandscheer |url=https://www.askart.com/artist_keywords/Marie_Wandscheer/11079365/Marie_Wandscheer.aspx |website=AskArt |accessdate=15 September 2020}}
Biography
She was born to Johan Frederik Christiaan Wandscheer, the Director of a shipping line, and his wife, Anna Christina née Pilger.[https://gemeentearchief.ede.nl/kennisbank/10-cultuur-sport-recreatie-en-evenementen/wandscheer-marie/ "Wandscheer, Marie"], in the Gemeentearchief Ede She never married.
Her first painting lessons were provided by Valentijn Bing, then she studied with August Allebé, for ten years, at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten.
From 1892 to 1895, she lived in Nieuwer-Amstel, then moved to Ede, where she would live for the rest of her life. There, she befriended the painter and etcher, Willem Witsen, who gave her further lessons. She was also a close friend of Lizzy Ansingh, one of the Amsterdamse Joffers, a group with which she became associated. In addition to her oil paintings, she created pastels and etchings.
Her professional memberships included Arti et Amicitiae and the Pulchri Studio. She held several exhibitions, in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, and Ede. She also exhibited with the {{ill|Pictura Veluvensis|nl}} society in Renkum.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180106072219/http://www.museumveluwezoom.nl/ten_joffersvanrenkum.html "Joffers en andere dames in Renkum"] @ Museum Veluwezoom Only a few exhibits have been held since her death; most recently at the {{ill|Historisch Museum Ede|nl}} in 2006.
Gallery
Portret van een vrouw Rijksmuseum SK-A-3044.jpeg|Portrait of a Woman, 1886 in the collection of the Rijksmuseum{{cite web |title=Portrait of a Woman, Marie Wandscheer, 1886 |url=https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-A-3044 |website=Rijksmuseum |accessdate=15 September 2020 |language=en}}
Marie Wandscheer - Children’s toys, 1883.jpg|Children's toys, 1883
Marie Wandscheer - Before the ball, 1886.jpg|Before the ball, 1886
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Marie Wandscheer}}
- [http://www.artnet.com/artists/marie-wandscheer/ More works by Wandscheer] @ ArtNet
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