Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley

Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860-1958) was an American painter who emigrated to the Netherlands.[1][2]

Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley
self portrait, 1897
Born(1860-07-13)July 13, 1860
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
DiedFebruary 8, 1958(1958-02-08) (aged 97)
Rijsoord, Netherlands
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forPainting,
Spouse(s)
Bastiaan de Koning
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(m. 1901; died in 1954)​
Twee vrouwen

Biography

Hawley was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on July 13, 1860.[2] She studied at the Cooper Union Women's Art School and the Art Students League of New York.[3] In 1892 she traveled to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian.[2] She also traveled to Rijsoord, Netherlands. There she met Bastiaan de Koning (1868-1954) whom she married in 1901.[4] The couple settled in Rijsoord.

Hawley exhibited work at the National Academy of Design, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors,[5] and the Paris Salon.[2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the New York Watercolor Society, and the Woman's Art Club of New York[5] She served on the board of the Art Students League of New York.[3]

Hawley died on February 8, 1958 in Rijsoord, Netherlands.[2]

References
  1. "Hawley, Wilhelmina Douglas (1860-1958)". Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. "Wilhelmina Douglas de Koning-Hawley". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". Society of the Hawley Family, Inc. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". Kunstbus (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. "Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley". AskArt. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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