Henriëtte Geertruida Knip
Henriëtte Geertruida Knip was a flower painter from the Northern Netherlands who was born into an artistic family—both her father and brother were painters. Henriëtte Geertruida became a successful painter and spent summers in Haarlem painting the flowers produced by the various flower companies, and she spent winters in Amsterdam teaching ladies how to paint.
As a female artist, she could support her family (her father and brother went blind) as well as herself, which might have been difficult for a woman at the beginning of the 19th century. She never married and died in Haarlem. Her work is sometimes confused with that of her niece Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, whose works generally contain animals (to be precise ... cats).
P.S. Make sure to see the kittens by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip; they are so cute! <3
P.P.S. The flowers we present today are on the cover of our beautiful 2023 Desk Calendar. If you order it today you should get it before Christmas. Check out all our artsy calendars! :)