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

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. She attended the

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in Groningen She also studied with

Paul Gabriël Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël or Paul Gabriël (5 July 1828 – 23 August 1903) was a painter, draftsman, watercolorist, and etcher who belonged to the Hague School. Biography Gabriël was born in Amsterdam, the son of the sculptor and paint ...

in Paris. She married fellow painter Taco Mesdag (1829–1902) and the couple settled in The Hague. Both were members of the

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and also associated with the

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. They also owned property in Vries, Drenthe where they painted in the summer. Mesdag-van Calcar exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She received an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889. After her husband's death in 1902, Mesdag-van Calcar moved to

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, where she built a studio. Her work from that time was in an Impressionistic style. Hugenholtz died 4 April 1934 in

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Gallery

File:Vries door Geesje van-Calca.jpg, ''View of Vries with Bonifatius Church''

References

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