Dutch Girl

Dutch Girl

Marianne Stokes ARWS, 1855-1927

1899

Watercolor, signed with initials lower left

14 x 7 1/2 inches (35.5 x 18.2 cm)

Marianne Preindlsberger studied for five years in Munich before moving to Paris. She met her future husband, Adrian Stokes (1854-1935) whilst painting in Brittany, and they married in 1884. The two of them shared an exhibition, "Dutch Life and Landscape," at The Fine Art Society in February 1900.