Thérèse Schwartze

Thérèse Schwartze
Thérèse Schwartze, Public domain

(1851–1918) holländsk målare

Thérèse Schwartze (Netherlands, 1851–1918) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Thérèse Schwartze belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Thérèse Schwartze was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam. Thérèse Schwartze trained at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Thérèse Schwartze worked in Amsterdam, Paris, and Munich. Thérèse Schwartze became a member of Arti et Amicitiae. The students included Coba Ritsema and Lizzy Ansingh.

The best-known works include ‘Three girls from the Amsterdam Orphanage’, ‘Young Italian woman with the dog Puck’, ‘Portrait of Frederik Daniël Otto Obreen (1840-96), director Rijksmuseum’, and ‘Queen Emma with Princess Wilhelmina on her arm’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, genre painting, and still life. The catalogue has 69 works by Thérèse Schwartze with free images. The dated works span the years 1801–1950. Works by Thérèse Schwartze are held by several collections, among them Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Théophile de Bock, Ernst Josephson, Charles Sprague Pearce, Gustav Schönleber, and William Lionel Wyllie.