#Coba Ritsema

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Coba Ritsema (1876-1961, Haarlem) behaalde een medaille met dit schilderij tijdens de wereldtentoonstelling die in 1910 in Brussel werd gehouden. Was een Joffer en sloot met dit schilderij aan bij de smaak van eind 19-de, begin 20-ste eeuw. Ritsema had een dure smaak (kleding) en gebruikte de inkomsten uit het schilderwerk om haar uitgaven te bekostigen. Ze moest tot het schilderen worden…

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'Coba' (15 × 10 cm, sanguine on 130 gma tinted paper)

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Two small vases with Flowerts   -    Jacoba Johanna ‘Coba’ Ritsema

Dutch,1876-1961

Oil on canvas,  56,5 x 46,5 cm

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Coba Ritsema (1956) - 80 years young.

Jacoba Johanna (Coba) Ritsema (26 June 1876, Haarlem – 13 December 1961, Amsterdam), was a portrait painter from the Netherlands.

Jacoba, or Coba, was born in 1876 as the daughter of the book printer Coenraad Ritsema and his wife Jeanette (Jannetje) Moulijn in an artistic family with one sister and two brothers. In her family there were already a few known artists - her grandfather Jacob Ritsema was an amateur painter, her father was a lithograph and the painter and etcher Simon Moulijn was a nephew of her mother. Her brother Jacob Coenraad was studying at the Academy of Düsseldorf since his 15th year, also the age when Coba also was allowed to experience herself in the arts. However, for a girl it was not realistic to go abroad at such young age, and she was taught drawing at the Haarlemse School voor Kunstnijverheid from 1891 until 1893. Her sister Catherine tried to become a pianist (and later became violist) and her brother Johan studied lithography like his father. From 1893 until 1897 Coba studied at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam where she was taught in a special class for female artists. She was in her education a pupil of August Allebé, George Hendrik Breitner, Carel Lodewijk Dake, Fredrik Theodorus Grabijn, Jacob Ritsema (her brother), Thérèse Schwartze, and Nicolaas van der Waay. After moving back to Haarlem for a short period, she moved in 1899 to a house at Jan Luykenstraat 23 in Amsterdam, while she had her studio at the fourth floor of Singel 512. She focused herself on the still life style, and was rejected by several famous artists she had in mind as tutor - they thought they insecure Ritsema didn't need their guidance. She was a member of the Lucas Society and Arti et Amicitiae (where she was one of the first female voting members), societies around her example Thérèse Schwartze. Recognition would however follow: in 1910 she won the bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in Brussels, in 1912 and in 1923 she won a silver medal from the city of Amsterdam, and in 1918 she won a Royal medal given to her by Queen Wilhelmina. In 1912 the critic Albert Plasschaert mentioned the circle of friends of which Ritsema was a part to be the Amsterdamsche Joffers (Amsterdam Young ladies) - a group of young rich female artists who worked together a lot and had a joint vision on art. She became a teacher of the students Grada Jacoba Wilhelmina Boks, Lize Duyvis, Jan den Hengst, Tine Honig, Coba Surie, Hillegonga Henriëtte Tellekamp, Victoire Wirix, and Gonda Wulfse. She was not considered to be an explicit feminist, but at the same time an example of an independent woman. While focussing on still lifes and portraits, Ritsema's works were described in 1947 by critic Johan van Eikeren as if they could have been produced by a man - something that was considered to be a compliment in those years. Her work was usually well sold, although she was not such a master that she could afford to refuse to make compromises. In her portraits there is a clear difference between those of her relatives and direct connections, which are painted rather realistic, and those of models - which are usually more impressionist. Coba was close with her brother Jacob, and when he suddenly died in 1943, she took that hard - Jacob was also a painter after all, and she consulted him a lot on her work. In 1957 she won the Rembrandt prize - a prize awarded by the city of Amsterdam once every five years. At old age she remained active although her studio wasn't easy to reach for a woman at age like herself, being on the fourth floor - she had chairs placed on every floor the way up, to be able to rest on each floor while she climbed. In her final years she lived in Pro Sinecure at the Amsterdam Vondelstraat, where she died from her weak heart in 1961. She was a member of the Pulchri Studio in the Hague, as well as being a member of the Teekengenootschap Pictura. Works of Ritsema are on display in the Teylers Museum and Mesdag van Calcar, but she also had a solo exposition in the Frans Hals Museum.

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Coba Ritsema

De groene rok (1935)

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Floral Still by Coba Ritsema 

Jacoba Johanna Ritsema, (Haarlem, 1876 - Ámsterdam, 1961)  

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Coba Ritsema - Girl with a Black Cat

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Coba Ritsema 

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“A Portrait Of Nelly Bodenheim,” Coba Ritsema, Undated; View In High Resolution.

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The Breakfast - Jacoba 'Coba' Johanna Ritsema

Dutch, 1876–1961

Mixed media , 66.5 x 85 cm

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Flowers in a Glass Vase   -   Jacoba Johanna  ‘ Coba’ Ritsema

Dutch, 1876-1961

Oil on canvas, 44 x 56 cm

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A Still life with Flowers   -   Jacoba Johanna  ‘ Coba’ Ritsema

Dutch, 1876-1961

Oil on canvas,

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Coba Ritsema - still life

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Ans van den Berg - Still life with flowers - 

Anna Carolina van den Berg (Amsterdam, 18 February 1873 - October 6, 1942) was a Dutch painter. Ans van den Berg belonged to the Amsterdam Joffers, a group of women who specialized in painting still life and flowers in a smooth impressionist style. She was the only Amsterdam-based Joffers who did not visit the Academy, but through a learning time in Paris she developed into a handsome painter. She painted portraits and figures, Larense interiors, but her preference went to flower stillness. After visiting Brussels after finishing the boarding school, she received paintinglessons from Miss Keuchenius in Amsterdam, later Mrs Dijsselhof, while Jo Bauer taught her in drawing to the human figure. From time to time she stayed in Paris, where she had drawn a lot to living model and where the figure kept her very busy. Returning to Holland, she has a lively movement with a group of Larense painters (the Larense School) where she met with the painters Hogerwaard and De Groot. Also, Larense in the house, a sought-after subject in those days, she chose herself. With Jacoba Surie she had 36 years of a workshop at the Keizersgracht and with her spent many years traveling on holiday with which the sketch block was always taken.

At the academy there was a circle of artists who later became the Amsterdam Joffers, consisting of the painters Lizzy Ansingh, Marie van Regteren Altena, Coba Ritsema, Jacoba Surie, Nelly Bodenheim, Betsy Westendorp-Osieck and Jo Bauer-Stumpff.

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Jacoba Surie - Selfportrait - 1918

Jacoba Surie (5 September 1879 – 5 February 1970) was a Dutch painter. Surie was born in Amsterdam and trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten there, where she studied under Coba Ritsema and Joseph Mendes da Costa. She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Pulchri Studio and is considered one of the Amsterdamse Joffers. Surie died in Amsterdam and was buried in Zorgvlied.

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Photo of Jacob Ritsema ca 1910

Jacob Coenraad Ritsema (Haarlem, June 10, 1869 - Laren, December 15, 1943) was a Dutch painter. He is counted to the late followers of The Hague school.

Jacob Ritsma was the son of a lithographer and printer and the eldest of four children. He grew up in an artistic environment. Also his sister Coba was a painter and would later be part of the Amsterdam Joffers. At the age of fifteen, Ritsema left for Düsseldorf to study at the local art academy. Back in the Netherlands he studied under Constant Gabriel, with whom he even lived in Scheveningen for some time. Regularly, Gabriel and Ritsema traveled through the country to paint outside. They painted in Kortenhoef, Heeze, Drenthe and the Veluwe. Also, Ritsema made a trip to Brittany. Jacob was mostly known as landscape painter, but also painted courtyards, still lifes and floral pieces. He worked in his own realistic style, which was strongly influenced by The Hague School. Later he also made freer works, including in watercolor. Characteristic are his powerful, wide, loose painted brush strokes. His landscapes were especially praised for the mixing of his greens. Soon after 1900, Ritsema opened an atelier in Haarlem, where he collaborated with his sister Coba for some time. After his marriage in 1911 with Alijda van den Broeck, he moved to The Hague to return to Haarlem in 1922. Often he was employed in the vicinity of Kortenhoef and Nunspeet. In 1938 he settled with his family in Laren, where he suddenly died, 74 years old, when he came back from the outdoor painting. He was awarded the Willink of Collenprijs. Queen Wilhelmina bought two pieces of his work, including a copy of his remarkably modernist-style series of rainbows. His work can be seen in the Gemeentemuseum The Hague and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.