Anna Maria Kruijff
Dutch painter of landscapes and portraits
Anna Maria Kruijff was a Dutch painter and illustrator. Kruijff was a daughter of florist Jan Hermanus Godelief Kruijff and Johanna Cornelia Apollonia Klippink. She was taught by Edouard Taurel and was educated at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She was also a pupil of Maurits van der Valk and received instructions from George Hendrik Breitner. She painted and drew landscapes, animals, portraits and picture books. She was also active as a sculptor. She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the association of visual artists Laren-Blaricum, with which she also exhibited. Kruijff married civil servant Eduard Willem Stork in 1896. They divorced in 1913, after which she married the lawyer Wouter Marius van de Werk (1875-1969), who also painted. They settled in the painting village of Laren. Afterwards she lived with her husband in Amsterdam and France, among other places, until they returned to Laren where she died in 1946.
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Master student
- Maurits van der Valk Master
- George Hendrik Breitner Master
Artworks by this artist
- Studies van een hond 1880 - 1946
- Café onder kale bomen
- Mannen en vrouwen spelen croquet 1905
- Zusjes in avondkleding bekijken twee jongemannen 1905
- Portret van een jonge vrouw met luifelhoed met linten
- Jongeman leest meisje voor 1905
- Slapend meisje op een vloer 1905
- Studies van papegaaien 1880 - 1946
- Studies van leeuwen 1880 - 1946