Columnea Longiflora 1842

ELISABETH JOHANNA KONING (DUTCH, 1816 1887)

Beschreibung

ELISABETH JOHANNA KONING (DUTCH, 1816 1887) Columnea Longiflora 1842 Watercolor and ink on paper Signed and titled at bottom margin Paper size: 18 ¼ x 14 ¼ in. Dutch still-life painter Elisabeth Koning was born in Haarlem. Elisabeth was born with a disability: her right arm had only developed slightly below her elbow, but she could manage well with her left hand. At the age of five, she made clippings, drew her surroundings, and received her first drawing lessons from her father, a deserving amateur draftsman. Later she took lessons with the still life painters Maria Geertruida Barbiers, Henriëtte Geertruida Knipand afterwards at Albert Steenbergen. As early as 1825, when she was just nine years old, Elisabeth's animal drawings were exhibited in the Tentoonstelling Nationale Nijverheid (National Industrial show) in Haarlem. At sixteen, she was commissioned by the Haarlem florist Van Eeden to draw the rare flowers in his greenhouses. Between 1835 and 1848, she also did this for the Amsterdam banker and art collector Adriaan van der Hoop at his Spaanberg country residence. In 1843 she won the silver medal in a competition in "flowers and fruits" of the Amsterdam society Felix Meritis. In response to this, CPE Robidé van der Aa wrote a poem in praise of her work: "As delighted with what they saw, / Countryman and stranger ask, Kenau did of old, / Comes she; but know to life / to render Flora's children." In 1859, Koning married the ship captain Sybrand Stapert and accompanied him to Indonesia. Her drawings of sea life from this trip granted her an honorary membership in the Naturalist's Club of Indonesia. Still, the couple returned to the Netherlands later the same year and settled in Groningen. After her marriage, she signed works "EJS geb. K" (short for Elisabeth Johanna Stapert, born Koning). Her Indonesian botanical work is considered her most important legacy, but her flower paintings were awarded prizes and purchased by public collections throughout her lifetime. Loca: 6.3B.D18. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AP00371

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Titel: Columnea Longiflora 1842

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Zustand: Very Good

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