Adya van Rees-Dutilh

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Adya van Rees-Dutilh
Photo of Adya van Rees-Dutilh.jpg
Born(1876-06-07)7 June 1876
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died11 August 1959(1959-08-11) (aged 83)
Utrecht, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Other namesAdrienne van Rees-Dutilh
Known forPainting, Textile Arts
Spouse(s)
Otto van Rees
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(m. 1909; died in 1957)​

Adrienne (Adya) van Rees-Dutilh (1876-1959) was a Dutch textile artist, painter and graphic artist. She was part of the Dada movement in Zurich and was one of the early signatories of the first Berlin Dada manifesto.

Biography[]

Rees-Dutilh née Dutilh was born on 7 June 1876 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1] She studied drawing with Barbara Elisabeth van Houten in The Hague and went on to study with Ernest Blanc-Garin at his workshop in Brussels. In 1909 she married fellow artist Otto van Rees with whom she had three children.[2] The couple lived the Montmartre area of Paris along with a group of artist known as Bateau-Lavoir.[3] Around this time Rees-Dutilh began focusing on creating abstract tapestries and embroidery.[4]

Rees-Dutilh converted to Catholicism in 1914 and religion became a subject of her later art.[3]

She moved to Switzerland during World War I. In November 1915 she and Otto participated in a Dada group exhibition at the Galerie Tanner in Zurich. Adya exhibited her embroidery.[3][5] In 1918 she signed the Berlin Dada manifesto.[2]

Rees-Dutilh moved to Paris and became involved with the art group Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square).[3] By World War II Rees-Dutilh was separated, but not divorced from Otto. She spent the war years in Switzerland where she concentrated on embroidering historic and religious subjects.[2] She returned to the Netherlands in 1949.[5] She lived with Otto in Utrecht until his death in 1957. Her eyesight had deteriorated and she was unable to work.[2]

Rees-Dutilh died on 11 August 1959 in Utrecht.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adya van Rees · Dada & Surrealism". International Dada Archive. University of Iowa. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Dutilh, Adriana Catharina (1876-1959)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Adya van Rees". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Adya van Rees - Dutilh". Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Adya van Rees - Dutilh". Otto van Rees (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Adya van Rees-Dutilh". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2020.

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