Anna-Maria van Reysschoot
Anna-Maria van Reysschoot | |
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Born | 17 February 1758 Ghent |
Died | 27 December 1850 (aged 92) Ghent |
Occupation | Painter |
Children | Nathalie Dignant |
Parent(s) | |
Family | Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, Johannes Emanuel Van Reysschoot, Jean-Baptiste Van Reysschoot |
Dynasty | Reysschoot family |
Anna-Maria van Reysschoot (17 February 1758 – 27 December 1850) was a Flemish painter.
Anna-Maria van Reysschoot was born on 17 February 1758 in Ghent, the daughter of Emanuel Pieter Frans van Reysschoot. She came from a family of artists: her father, her brothers Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, Jean-Baptiste van Reysschoot, and Johannes Emanuel Van Reysschoot, and her uncle Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot were all painters.[1][2]
She was trained by her brother Pieter and they and their father did decorative work for noble residences in Ghent.[3] Her work includes mythological subjects, landscapes, and grisaille painting. From around 1792 to around 1834, she regularly exhibited at Ghent salons.[2]
She married Egide Dignant and they had at least four children, including painter Nathalie Dignant. She spent the end of her life at the bejaartenhuis in Schreiboom. Anna-Maria van Reysschoot died on 27 December 1850 in Ghent.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ BIOGRAPHIE NATIONALE PUBLIÉE PAR L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES, DES LETTRES ET DES BEAUX-ARTS DE BELGIQUE. Vol. 19. 1907.
- ^ a b c Kepetzis, Ekaterini. "Reysschoot, Anna Maria van". Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online.
- ^ "Reysschoot, Anna Maria van". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011-10-31. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00151746. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.