Margaretha Roosenboom

Margaretha Roosenboom (1843 – 1896), was a 19th-century Dutch flower painter.

Biography She was born in Voorburg as the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom and Maria Schelfhout, the daughter of Andreas Schelfhout. She was a pupil of her father in Brussels where she grew up, and in 1867 she returned to The Hague to learn watercolour painting from her grandfather. She was a child prodigy who showed her work at Pulchri Studio at the age of 16 though she only became a member there in 1878. She signed her works with Marguerite and is known for fruit and flower still lifes. She had many female pupils, including Adrienne van Hogendorp-s' Jacob and Helene Cramer, who also showed works in Chicago in 1893. She died in Voorburg relatively young from injuries suffered from a fall.