Marie Jeanette de Lange
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Born | Batavia, Dutch East Indies | 20 December 1865
Died | 7 July 1923 Wapenveld, Netherlands | (aged 57)
Nationality | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Known for | Women's dress reform |
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Marie Jeanette de Lange (20 December 1865 – 7 July 1923) was a
Life
de Lange was born in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies in 1865. Her father was an engineer working for a mapping company. She married Jan Cornelius van Boumann in 1884 and, at age 22, they moved to The Hague where her husband took work in the Dutch Finance department.[1] She became involved in Dutch artistic community and met photographer George Hendrik Breitner and painter Isaac Israëls among others.[2]
in 1898 de Lange helped organise an exhibition of women's labour in The Hague, for which Jan Toorop designed the poster and catalogue.[1][2] In 1899, as an outcome of the exhibition, de Lange founded and hosted the meetings of the Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleeding (aka "V.v.V.v.V", the Association for the improvement of women's clothing).[2][3]
In 1900 her portrait was painted by her friend Toorop in the
Lange died in Wapenveld in 1923.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-19084-7.
- ^ a b c d e Taes, Sofie (9 March 2019). "Marie Jeanette de Lange and the Dutch reform dress movement". Europeana (CC By-SA). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b Schnitger, C. "Reformkleding omstreeks 1900: naar een nieuw kleedgedrag" (PDF).
- ^ "Portret van mevrouw Marie Jeannette de Lange ( 1865-1923), echtgenote van Jan Bouman". Arte Suite (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
External links
Media related to Marie Jeanette de Lange at Wikimedia Commons