Loading AI tools
Dutch painter and illustrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adri Bleuland van Oordt was a Dutch artist and draftswoman who was active from around 1877 until her death in 1944.[1]
Adri Bleuland van Oordt | |
---|---|
Adriana Maria Hendrika Bleuland van Oordt | |
![]() | |
Born | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 5 June 1862
Died | 21 October 1944 82) | (aged
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) |
Notable work | Portrait of Queen Wilhelmina |
Adriana Maria Hendrika Bleuland van Oordt (known as Adri Bleuland van Oordt) was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 5 June 1862 to Guilhelmina Catharina Arnoudina Hoogwerff and Jan Bleuland van Oordt.[2][3] She was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1884 to 1889.[1]
Bleuland van Oordt painted portraits, still life images, figures, fruit, and scenes, including with pastels, oil paint, chalk and watercolors.[4] She portrayed Queen Wilhelmina in 1899 as well as Joannes Pieter Roetert Tak van Poortvliet around the same time.[5]
Bleuland van Oordt was a member of the Amsterdam Artists Association of Sint Lucas.[3] As a member of this association, her work was regularly exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum.[3] In addition to her work as a visual artist, Bleuland van Oordt was active in the women's rights movement and obtaining women's suffrage. During the First World War she receivedBelgian refugees. Her sister Johanna Bleuland van Oordt was also a published artist.[6]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.