Marie Heijermans or Marie de Roode-Heijermans (1859-1937) was a
Dutch
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painter.
Biography
Heijermans was born on 14 October 1859 in
Rotterdam
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, Netherlands.
Among her ten siblings were educator
Ida Heijermans, writer
Herman Heijermans
Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 – 22 November 1924), was a Dutch playwright, novelist and sketch story writer, who is considered to be the greatest Dutch dramatist of the modern era. He is the most notable playwright from the Netherlands ...
and community physician
Louis Heiermans.
She studied at the ''Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten'' (
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
The Royal Academy of Art (, KABK) is an art and design academy in The Hague, offering programs at both the Education in the Netherlands, HBO bachelor's and master's levels, as well as PhD programs.
Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (pa ...
) and Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten
Academy of Visual Arts, Rotterdam. One of her teachers was
Jan Philip Koelman.
She also studied with included
Ernest Blanc-Garin in Brussels.
She was a member of
Cercle des Femmes Peintres {{Short description, Women's art society in Brussels
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, a society for women artists.
was a pupil of hers.
While in Brussels Heijermans achieved success at the
Paris Salon
The Salon (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...
. She subsequently painted ''Victime de la misère'' depicting a nude woman, a clothed man, and chair with a bank note placed on it. The image was censored by the Belgian king and removed from an exhibition. The scandal resulted in the premature ending of her three-year work grant from the Belgian Queen Regent. The painting was purchased in the late 1920s by the
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. where it caused a new scandal having been purchased by taxpayer's money. It was removed from view.
In 1899 she married the journalist and fellow socialist Justus Johannes de Roode (1865-1945). The couple resided in Amsterdam. Heijermans was a member of the
Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)
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and was interested in bringing art to the people. She was a board member of the ''Kunst aan het Volk''. In 1919 the
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. held a retrospective of her work.
From 1920 through 1926 Heijermans lived in
Geneva
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with her husband, who was then working for the
International Labour Organization
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.
Heijermans died on 26 October 1937 in
Amsterdam
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.
In 1993 the (Trade Unions Museum) in Amsterdam held an exhibition of her work ''Een vergeten vrouw. De kunstenares Marie de Roode-Heijermans'' which included the controversial ''Victime de la misère''.
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1859 births
1937 deaths
Painters from Rotterdam
Dutch women painters