Adya van Rees-Dutilh
Adya van Rees-Dutilh | |
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| Born | 7 June 1876 Rotterdam,Netherlands |
| Died | 11 August 1959(aged 83) Utrecht,Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Other names | Adrienne van Rees-Dutilh |
| Known for | Painting, textile arts |
| Spouse |
Otto van Rees
(m.1909; died in 1957) |
Adrienne (Adya) van Rees-Dutilh(7 June 1876 – 11 August 1959) was aDutchtextile artist, painter and graphic artist. She was part of the Dada movement inZürichand was one of the early signatories of the first Berlin Dada manifesto.
Biography[edit]
Rees-Dutilh née Dutilh was born on 7 June 1876 inRotterdam,Netherlands.[1]She studied drawing withBarbara Elisabeth van HouteninThe Hagueand went on to study withErnest Blanc-Garinat his workshop inBrussels.In 1909 she married fellow artistOtto van Reeswith whom she had three children.[2]The couple lived the Montmartre area ofParisalong with a group of artist known asBateau-Lavoir.[3]Around this time Rees-Dutilh began focusing on creating abstract tapestries and embroidery.[4]
Rees-Dutilh converted to Catholicism in 1914 and religion became a subject of her later art.[3]
She moved to Switzerland duringWorld War I.In November 1915 she and Otto participated in aDadagroup exhibition at theGalerie TannerinZürich.Adya exhibited her embroidery.[3][5]In 1918 she signed theBerlin Dada manifesto.[2]
Rees-Dutilh moved to Paris and became involved with the art groupCercle et Carré(Circle and Square).[3]ByWorld War IIRees-Dutilh was separated, but not divorced from Otto. She spent the war years in Switzerland where she concentrated on embroidering historic and religious subjects.[2]She returned to the Netherlands in 1949.[5]She lived with Otto in Utrecht until his death in 1957. Her eyesight had deteriorated and she was unable to work.[2]
Rees-Dutilh died on 11 October 1959 inUtrecht.[6]
References[edit]
- ^"Adya van Rees · Dada & Surrealism".International Dada Archive.University of Iowa.Retrieved6 November2020.
- ^abcd"Dutilh, Adriana Catharina (1876-1959)".Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland(in Dutch). 17 September 2019.Retrieved6 November2020.
- ^abcd"Adya van Rees".AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.Retrieved6 November2020.
- ^"Adya van Rees - Dutilh".Stedelijk Museum Schiedam(in Dutch). Archived fromthe originalon 20 October 2021.Retrieved6 November2020.
- ^ab"Adya van Rees - Dutilh".Otto van Rees(in Dutch).Retrieved6 November2020.
- ^"Adya van Rees-Dutilh".RKD(in Dutch).Retrieved6 November2020.
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