RONNER Henriette
THE KITTEN
Oil on panel: 29 x 36 cm / 11.4 x 14.2 in
Signed with a monogram lower right
Lady painter of landscapes and animals (dogs and cats).
Henriette Ronner was the daughter and pupil of Josephus Augustus Knip. In 1836, when only aged fifteen, she exhibited her work in Düsseldorf and sold her first painting. In 1850 she married and moved to Brussels.
Henriette Ronner specialised in painting cats and dogs. Her tender, humorous and stylish interpretations earned her a universal reknown.
Period:
Amsterdam 1821 - Brussels 1909
Dutch - Belgian School
Exhibitions:
Amsterdam - Antwerp - Bergen op Zoom - Brussels - Dordrecht - Haarlem - Haastrecht - Ghent - Rotterdam - The Hague
Literature:
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Animals Painters; Belgian and Dutch Artists born between 1750 and 1880", Knokke 1998, p. 75-121 & 411-415.
P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 562.