Sina Mesdag-van Houten

thumb|right|photo of Sientje Mesdag-van Houten, c. 1905 Sientje Mesdag van Houten (23 December 1834 Groningen – 20 March 1909 The Hague) was a painter of landscapes and later many still-lifes; she was the wife of Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch marine painter of the Hague School. Quotes of Sientje Mesdag van Houten Without my husband I would never have become a painter, and without me he had probably not become a painter. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek) (original Dutch: citaat van Sientje Mesdag van Houten, in het Nederlands:) Zonder mijn man was ik nooit schilderes geworden, en zonder mij was hij waarschijnlijk geen schilder geworden. Quote in the magazine 'Wereldkroniek', 21 April 1906; as cited on website Panorama Mesdag Quotes about Sientje Mesdag van Houten Although the wife of a famous marine painter, she does not want to be regarded as Mrs. Mesdag in the arts, but as an autonomous female artist, following her own path.. Quote of Sientje Mesdag van Houten, in a Groningen newspaper, 24 Dec. 1904; as cited on the website codart/agenda the publication was on the occasion of her 70th birthday, and Groningen was her birth-place! External links Sina Mesdag-van Houten biographical notes on Sientje Mesdag van Houten, in Dutch RKD-Archive, The Hague free pictures of her paintings and drawings: on the website, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Category:Painters from the Netherlands Category:Women from the Netherlands Category:1834 births Category:1909 deaths