Geesje Mesdag-van Calcar

Mesdag-van Calcar was born 2 July 1850 in Hoogezand. She attended the Academie Minerva in Groningen She also studied with Paul Gabriël in Paris.^[1]

She married fellow painter Taco Mesdag (1829–1902) and the couple settled in The Hague. Both were members of the Pulchri Studio^[2] and also associated with the Hague School.^[3] They also owned property in Vries, Drenthe where they painted in the summer.^[2]

Mesdag-van Calcar exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] She received an honorable mention at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889.^[1]

After her husband's death in 1902, Mesdag-van Calcar moved to Kortenhoef, where she built a studio.^[2] Her work from that time was in an Impressionistic style.^[3]

Hugenholtz died 4 April 1934 in The Hague.^[1]

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  View of Vries with Bonifatius Church