Adèle Koekkoek

Adèle Koekkoek
Adèle Koekkoek as a child, pastel portrait by her grandfather Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1844
Born	Adelaide Alexandrine Koekkoek (1838-10-28)October 28, 1838 Kleve
Died	1919(1919-00-00) (aged 80–81) Koblenz

Adelaide Alexandrine Koekkoek (1838 – 1919) was a German still life painter from Kleve.

Koekkoek was born as the fourth daughter of five to two painters. Her Dutch father Barend Cornelis Koekkoek had built a reputation as a landscape artist specializing in finely articulated country scenes before moving to Kleve with her mother Elise Thérèse Koekkoek-Daiwaille. She became a still life painter in the style of her mother and grandfather. Her sister Marie Louise painted landscapes.

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  Fruit and flower painting, 1873
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  Adèle with her younger sister Marie in 1890

Koekkoek married the widower of her sister Betsie in 1880 and died in Koblenz.

Her sisters were:

1. Elise Therese Koekkoek (1834 – 1835), died in infancy
2. Jeanette Augustine (Annette) Koekkoek (1836 – 1915), married in 1867
3. Anna Elisabeth (Betsie) Koekkoek (1837 – 1878), married in 1866 to Hugo Meyer, stationmaster in Koblenz
4. Marie Louise (Marie) Koekkoek (1840 – 1910), the first to marry in 1859, she also became a painter

See also

• Koekkoek family