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Society of Sentier van Houten. Women artists

Exhibition September 26, 2020 − February 14, 2021
Mesdag Museum, The Hague hosts an exhibition“Society of Sentier van Houten. Women-artists ".

The exhibition includes paintings by the wife of the Dutch artist Hendrik Willem Mesdag, artist Sentier van Houten, and many women authors who are part of the community she organized. Among the paintings on display are paintings by Jessie Mesdag-van Kalkar, Laura Alma Tadema-Epps, Maria Bilders-van Bosse, Susie Robertson, Teresa Schwarze, Margareta Rosenbohm and Gerardina van de Sande Bahuizen.

Sentier and her husband put together a large art collection which they exhibited at the Mesdag Museum. In their collection there are many works by women artists who are often familiar with the family. With such an interest in female artists, the Mesdags were far ahead of their time. Sentier Mesdag-van Houten strongly supported women artists. The wife of the marine painter Hendrik Willem Mesdag was herself an artist, taught women artists and served on the board of women's societies.

Based on site materialsMesdag Museum, The Hague.