Ronner-Knip, Henriette (1821–1909)

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Ronner-Knip, Henriette (1821–1909)

Dutch painter. Name variations: Henriëtte Ronner. Born 1821 in Amsterdam, Holland; died 1909; dau. of Joseph Knip (painter); m. Feico Ronner, c. 1850.

A member of the Belgian School of Art, was one of the best known female European artists of the 19th century; her speciality was cats, though she painted other animals; married and moved to Brussels (c. 1850), where she painted stray dogs of the Flemish streets; began painting cats (c. 1870); work was displayed at Chicago World's Fair. Received the Order of Leopold (1887).