Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst

Dutch artist

Jean-Jacques Midderigh

(m. 1905; died in 1970)

Johanna Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst (1880–1972) was a Dutch illustrator.

Biography

Midderigh-Bokhorst née Bokhorst was born on 31 May 1880 in Surabaya, a large city in the Dutch East Indies, where her father served in the East Indian army. Her family moved to the Netherlands following the death of the father.^[1] She attended the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. In 1899 she began her career designing clothing, specifically for the Vereeniging voor Verbetering van Vrouwenkleeding [nl] (the Dutch Society for the Improvement of Women's Dress). Her first book illustration was for a children's book Heidekoninginnetje, Een klaviersprookje by Catharina van Rennes.^[1] She taught at the Dagtekenschool voor meisjes [nl] (English:Day drawing school for girls) and the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (The Hague) (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague). Her students included Sijtje Aafjes and Mies Deinum.^[2]

In 1905 she married fellow artist Jean-Jacques Midderigh (1877-1970) with whom she had two children. Midderigh-Bokhorst continued her career, creating illustrations for children's books, magazines, fashion, and advertising. Midderigh-Bokhorst worked through her life, her last book Glans en gloed uit donkere diepten was published in 1955. The same year she painted murals for the agricultural school in Zoetermeer . She often collaborated with her husband. In 1910 she was received a gold medal at the Brussels Exposition Universelle et Internationale for book decoration. In 1913 her work was included in the exhibition De Vrouw 1813-1913.^[1]^[2]

Midderigh-Bokhorst was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.^[2] She was also a member of the Dutch Society for the Improvement of Women's Dress, and the Hague chapter of the Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Dutch Association for Women's Suffrage).^[1]

Midderigh-Bokhorst died on 20 June 1972 in Wassenaar.^[2] Her work is in the Centraal Museum Utrecht.^[3]

postcard from the Elegances series c. 1919
postcard from the children's cards series c. 1919
postcard from the Au bain de mer series c. 1919

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Spijkerman, Rose (17 September 2019). "Bokhorst, Johanna Berhardina (1880-1972)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bernardina Midderigh-Bokhorst". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ "Johanna Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst". Centraal Museum Utrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 December 2020.