Lina Gratama

Petronella Johanna Carolina "Lina" Gratama (1875–1946) was a Dutch painter, art historian, and political activist.

Lina Gratama
Born
Petronella Johanna Carolina Gratama

(1875-03-19)19 March 1875
Groningen, Netherlands
Died12 June 1946(1946-06-12) (aged 71)
The Hague, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
Portrait of a young woman, 1913

Biography

Gratama was born on 19 March 1875 in Groningen. She is the sister of the architect Jan Gratama and the painter Gerrit David Gratama. Lina studied at Akademie van beeldende kunsten (Den Haag) (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague), graduating in 1900.[1][2]

Gratama died on 12 June 1946 in The Hague.[3]

Work

Gratama was famous for producing copies of paintings of museums, including the Mauritshuis and Gemeetemuseum.[2] Her work appeared in exhibitions in 1903, 1912, 1924 and 1935.[4] Gratama's work was also included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[5] She also taught art history and gave private art lessons.[6]

She also fought for women's suffrage and wrote for political magazines, including poetry.[7] She was the co-author with Cornelia Sarah Groot of the suffragette political revue Cackling Alone Does Not Lay Eggs (1916-1918), which encouraged further political action: "Keep the fire burning all the time / Until the emancipation of the woman."[7][8][9] A book version of the performance was first published in 1916 and republished in 1917 and 1918.[9][10]

References
  1. "Lina Gratama". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Gratama, Lina". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford Art Online [Oxford University Press]. 31 October 2011. ISBN 9780199899913.
  3. "Gratama, Lina". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "Gratama, Petronella Johanna Carolina (Lina) - Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon)". Dutch Art Index (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. "1.4.1. Gratama [Familie Gratama]". DE REE Archiefsystemen Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. Broekema, Pauline (20 June 2020). "Het schilderij van Lina Gratama". Pauline Broekema (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. van Dooren, Ine; Dellmann, Sarah (15 April 2019). "Kakelen is Geen Eieren Leggen (1916-1918) [Cackling Alone Does Not Lay Eggs]: A Political Parody for Women's Suffrage, Revisited and Re-screened". Eye. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. Groot, C. S.; Gratama, Lina (1916). Parodie op de behandeling van artikel 80 of Kakelen is geen Eieren leggen. Politieke Revue door de dames C.S. Groot, Lina Gratama en R. van Wulfften Palthe-Broese van Groenou naar platen van diverse tijdschriften van Teekeningen, voor dit doel vervaardigd door Willy Sluiter en naar Uitspraken van politieke grootheden in den jare 1916. Den Haag: L.J.C. Boucher.
  10. Groot, C. S.; Gratama, Lina (1918). Parodie op de behandeling van artikel 80, of "Kakelen is geen eieren leggen" : politieke revue, naar platen van diverse tijdschriften en teekeningen. Den Haag: Boucher.

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