Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal

Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal or Fanny Psicha was a Belgium born Dutch artist. She was known for her still lifes.

Biography

Schweistal was born on 9 April 1864 in Brussels, Belgium, settling in Amsterdam in 1886. She attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. She studied with August Allebé, Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker, Hendrik Haverman, and Marie Wandscheer. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Schweistal was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and. She exhibited regularly from 1911 through 1940 with the Sint Lucas group.
Schweistal died on 7 June 1950 in Amsterdam.