Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860-1958) was an American painter who emigrated to the Netherlands.[1][2]
Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley | |
|---|---|
 self portrait, 1897 | |
| Born | July 13, 1860 Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| Died | February 8, 1958 (aged 97) Rijsoord, Netherlands |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting, |
| Spouse |
Bastiaan de Koning
(m. 1901; died in 1954) |
Biography
editHawley was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on July 13, 1860.[2] She studied at the Cooper Union Women's Art School and the Art Students League of New York.[3] In 1892 she traveled to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian[2] and registered at the Académie Colarossi where she taught watercolour since 1893 as the first female teacher.[4] In 1893, she and her friend Laura Muntz (later Lyall) traveled to Rijsoord, in the Netherlands. There she met Bastiaan de Koning (1868-1954) whom she married in 1901.[5] The couple settled in Rijsoord.
Hawley exhibited work at the National Academy of Design, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors,[6] and the Paris Salon.[2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the New York Watercolor Society, and the Woman's Art Club of New York[6] She served on the board of the Art Students League of New York.[3]
Hawley died on February 8, 1958, in Rijsoord, Netherlands.[2]
Author: Alexandra van Dongen[7]
References
edit- ^ "Hawley, Wilhelmina Douglas (1860-1958)". Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Wilhelmina Douglas de Koning-Hawley". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". Society of the Hawley Family, Inc. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Murray, Joan (2012). Laura Muntz Lyall: Impressions of Women and Childhood. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen`s University Press. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". Kunstbus (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". AskArt. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ ""For Two Years, or Perhaps Forever"; Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley and the artists' colony in Rijsoord | Nationaal Archief".