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Birth Name: Henriëtte Knip
Born: 31 May 1821 Died: 2 March 1909
Country of origin: 
Netherlands
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Painter and draughtswoman, daughter of Joseph August Knip. She was a student of her father, and in her early years she painted mostly landscapes with Brabant motifs. In 1850 she married Teico Ronner and moved to Brussels, where she concentrated primarily on painting anecdotal scenes with dogs and, from 1870 on, exclusively with cats; in these paintings she also paid great attention to the background. Her productivity in this genre was enormous. She was the most popular Dutch woman painter of her time and was internationally famous. The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague has a number of her drawings, sketchbooks and paintings. Her son
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