Etie van Rees

Ecoline "Etie" Adrienne van Rees was a Dutch ceramist.

Biography

Rees was born on 15 May 1890 in Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies. She was mostly self-taught, but studied for several months with the Dutch artist Bernard Schregel in The Hague. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Rees was a member of Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Grafische Kunst, exhibiting with them in 1938, 1940 and 1941. She was also a member of the Pulchri Studio at The Hague. In 1959 she was awarded Gold Medal of International Ceramic Exhibition in Ostend. In 1964 she had a solo exhibition Tussen mens en dier at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The same year she had solo exhibitions at the Gemeentemuseum in Arnhem, the Museum voor Stad en Lande Groningen, and the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
Rees died on 14 November 1973 in Aerdenhout, Netherlands.