Betsy Westendorp-Osieck
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Betsy Westendorp-Osieck | |
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| Born | 29 December 1880 |
| Died | 1 March 1968 (aged 87) |
| Other names | Johanna Elisabeth Osieck; Betsy Westendorp; Johanna Elisabeth nee Osieck Westendorp-Osieck; Elisabeth Westendorp-Osieck; Betsy Osieck; Johanna Elisabeth Westendorp; Elisabeth Osieck |
Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (29 December 1880 – 1 March 1968) was a Dutch painter, watercolourist, etcher, pastelist and draftswoman who was part of the Amsterdamse Joffers painting group.[1]
Johanna Elisabeth ("Betsy" or "Betsie") Osieck was born in Amsterdam 29 December 1880 to the merchant Philip Willem Osieck and Catharina Agnes Briel. She was one of a family of five, but one of them died as a child. Westendorp-Osieck attended a French secondary school before going to a German boarding school. She intended becoming a pianist but when that proved improbable she took up art. She initially studied with the Day Drawing School for Young Ladies in 1898. Westendorp-Osieck then studied with Lizzy Ansingh in 1902. Ansingh was also one of the Joffers painting group. She went on to study in Amsterdam at the Teekenschool voor den Werkenden Stand from 1905 to 1910 and at the State Academy of Fine Arts. Her first commission was to draw a certificate for the Amsterdam cradle for Princess Juliana made by Karel de Bazel in 1909. Westendorp-Osieck married on 21 June 1917 to Herman Karel Westendorp at which point her name changed. Her husband was an art collector of Asian art and a banker.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
