About the artist
Maria Geertruida Barbiers (Haarlem, January 25, 1801 – January 30, 1879) was a Dutch painter.
Barbiers was a member of the Barbiers family of painters and was a daughter of painters Pieter Barbiers (1771-1837) and Maria Geertruida Snabilie (1773-1838). Her brother Pieter Barbiers (1798-1848) was also a painter. In 1823 she married painter Pieter de Goeje (1789-1859).
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Maria Geertruida Barbiers (Haarlem, January 25, 1801 – January 30, 1879) was a Dutch painter.
Barbiers was a member of the Barbiers family of painters and was a daughter of painters Pieter Barbiers (1771-1837) and Maria Geertruida Snabilie (1773-1838). Her brother Pieter Barbiers (1798-1848) was also a painter. In 1823 she married painter Pieter de Goeje (1789-1859).
Barbiers learned to paint from her parents, who both painted. Like her mother, she mainly painted flower and fruit still lifes.
However, she also did lithography. She signed her work as 'M.G. de Goeje Barbiers'.Barbiers in turn taught Elisabeth Johanna Koning, who would become known as a still life painter.