Charlotte Pothuis

Charlotte Pothuis
Born	(1867-04-01)1 April 1867 London, England
Died	24 January 1945(1945-01-24) (aged 77) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Other names	Charlotte Boom-Pothuis
Known for	Painting, Photography
Spouse	Karel Alexander August Jan Boom

Charlotte Pothuis (1 April 1867 – 24 January 1945) was a Dutch painter.[1]

Biography

Pothuis was born on 1 April 1867 in London, England.[2] She studied at the Dagtekenschool voor meisjes [nl] (English:Day drawing school for girls) in Amsterdam. She also received instruction from Henriëtte Asscher, Meijer de Haan, Wilhelmina Cornelia Kerlen, Bartol Wilhelm van Laar, and Jan Zürcher.[3] In 1891 she married fellow artist Karel Alexander August Jan Boom (1862-1943).[4] She was a member of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas Amsterdam (Amsterdam Artists Association of Sint Lucas) and the Arti et Amicitiae artist's society.[3] Pothuis' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[5]

Dames Sluijter & Boom advertisement 1896

In June 1896 she opened a photography studio with her colleague Anna Sluijter. They called their studio Dames Sluijter & Boom and it is considered one of the first woman-owned photography studios in Amsterdam.[6][7]

Pothuis died on 24 January 1945, in Amsterdam.[2] Her work is in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.[8]

Gallery

• 
  Stilleven met dode eend, 1917
• 
  Im Café

References

1. "Charlotte Pothuis". AskArt. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Pothuis, Charlotte". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. "Charlotte Pothuis". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 September 2020.
4. "Charlotte Boom-Pothuis". Stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
5. "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. "Anna Sluijter en Charlotte Boom". Wilhelmina Drucker. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
7. "Charlotte Boom-Pothuis". Jewish Virtual Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
8. "Zomeravondstemming - Charlotte Boom-Pothuis". Stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

External links

• Media related to Charlotte Pothuis at Wikimedia Commons