Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar

Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar
G. Mesdag-van Calcar, 1927
Born(1850-07-02)2 July 1850
Hoogezand, Netherlands
Died12 April 1936(1936-04-12) (aged 85)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
MovementThe Hague School
SpouseTaco Mesdag

Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar (1850–1936) was a Dutch painter. She is known for her landscape, flower, and genre paintings.

Biography

Mesdag-van Calcar was born 2 July 1850 in Hoogezand. She attended the Academie Minerva in Groningen She also studied with Paul Gabriël in Paris.[1]

She married fellow painter Taco Mesdag (1829–1902) and the couple settled in The Hague. Both were members of the Pulchri Studio[2] and also associated with the Hague School.[3] They also owned property in Vries, Drenthe where they painted in the summer.[2]

Mesdag-van Calcar exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3] She received an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.[1]

After her husband's death in 1902, Mesdag-van Calcar moved to Kortenhoef, where she built a studio.[2] Her work from that time was in an Impressionistic style.[3]

Hugenholtz died 4 April 1934 in The Hague.[1]

  • View of Vries with Bonifatius Church
    View of Vries with Bonifatius Church

References

  1. ^ a b c "Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar". RKD. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Gesina 'Geesje' Mesdag-van Calcar". Simonis & Buunk. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 19 August 2018.