Gretha Pieck

Gretha Pieck
Portrait of Gretha Pieck by Adri Pieck circa 1918
Born	(1898-08-16)16 August 1898 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	31 March 1920(1920-03-31) (aged 21) Maartensdijk, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Other names	Margaretha Pieck
Known for	Painting

Margaretha "Gretha" Pieck (1898-1920) was a Dutch artist. ^[1]

Biography

Pieck was born on 16 August 1898 in Amsterdam. ^[2] Her father, Antonie Pieck  [ nl ] (1865-1925) was a painter. ^[3] Her sister Adriana "Adri" Jacoba Pieck (1894-1982) was a painter, as was her cousin Anton Franciscus Pieck (1895-1987). She studied with Toon de Jong  [ nl ] and Willem Knip  [ nl ]. ^[2]

Gretha and Adri exhibited together and shared a studio. ^[4] Pieck was a member of the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas  [ nl ]. ^[5]

Pieck died of Spanish influenza on 31 March 1920 in Maartensdijk at the age of 21. ^[6] Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. ^[7]

Gallery

• 
  aquarel van bloemen, 1915
• 
  Zandpad naar Vuursche, 1915

References

1. "Pieck, Gretha". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
2. "Gretha Pieck". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
3. "Adri Pieck: Haar familie". Online Museum de Bilt (in Dutch). 14 November 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
4. Verhagen, Nol; Heide, Marcus van der (December 2017). "Bezield door persoonlijk gevoel: Gretha en Adri Pieck". Bussum's Historisch Tijdschrift. 33 (3): 20–22. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
5. "Gretha Pieck". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
6. "Pieck, Gretha". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
7. "Gretha Pieck". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

External links

Media related to Gretha Pieck at Wikimedia Commons

Further reading

• Depenbrock, E. (1983) Het Leven En Werken Van Gretha En Adri Pieck (The Life and Works of Gretha and Adri Pieck), Holkema & Warendorf. ISBN   90-269-4514-0