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Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley (1860-1958) was an American painter who emigrated to the Netherlands.[1][2]

Wilhelmina Douglas Hawley
self portrait, 1897
Born	(1860-07-13)July 13, 1860 Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Died	February 8, 1958(1958-02-08) (aged 97) Rijsoord, Netherlands
Nationality	American
Education	Cooper Union Womens Art School Art Students League of New York Académie Julian
Known for	Painting,
Spouse	Bastiaan de Koning ​ ​ (m. 1901; died in 1954)​

Biography

Hawley was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on July 13, 1860.[2] She studied at the Cooper Union Women's Art School and the Art Students League of New York.[3] In 1892 she traveled to Paris where she studied at the Académie Julian[2] and registered at the Académie Colarossi where she taught watercolour.[4] In 1893, she and her friend Laura Muntz (later Lyall) traveled to Rijsoord, in the Netherlands. There she met Bastiaan de Koning (1868-1954) whom she married in 1901.[5] The couple settled in Rijsoord.

Hawley exhibited work at the National Academy of Design, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors,[6] and the Paris Salon.[2] She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the New York Watercolor Society, and the Woman's Art Club of New York[6] She served on the board of the Art Students League of New York.[3]

Hawley died on February 8, 1958, in Rijsoord, Netherlands.[2]

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