11 Facts About Coba Ritsema

Coba Ritsema's brother was studying at the Academy of Dusseldorf since his 15th year, the age when Coba was allowed to experience herself in the arts.

From 1893 until 1897 Coba Ritsema studied at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam where she was taught in a special class for female artists.

Coba Ritsema 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.

Coba Ritsema was a member of the Lucas Society and Arti et Amicitiae, societies around her example Therese Schwartze.

In 1912 the critic Albert Plasschaert mentioned the circle of friends of which Coba Ritsema was a part to be the Amsterdamsche Joffers - a group of young rich female artists who worked together a lot and had a joint vision on art.

Coba Ritsema was not considered to be an explicit feminist, but at the same time an example of an independent woman.

Coba Ritsema's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Coba Ritsema work was usually well sold, although she was not such a master that she could afford to refuse to make compromises.

Coba Ritsema was close with her brother Jacob, and when he suddenly died in 1943, she took that hard - Jacob was a painter after all, and she consulted him a lot on her work.

Coba Ritsema was a member of the Pulchri Studio in the Hague, as well as being a member of the Teekengenootschap Pictura.

Works of Coba Ritsema are on display in the Teylers Museum and Mesdag van Calcar, but she had a solo exposition in the Frans Hals Museum.