Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821 - 1909) (173 works)

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Danish animal artist, known for her images of cats and dogs.

Her paintings have won medals in exhibitions around the world, including two bronze medals, five silver medals and six gold medals. The King of the Netherlands also presented Ronner-KNIP with a "Unique Medal of Merit" in 1874.

Henrieta Kniep (Kipp), Ronner's husband, resembles Rosa Bonheur in many ways: she also exclusively draws animals, also studied painting with her father, an artist, and was also forced to support him with her labor when he became blind.

Henrieta Kniep (Kipp) lived alternately in Amsterdam and Paris, and after her father's death she married and settled in Brussels.
She was unlucky in happiness for a long time: her husband fell ill, and she had to feed the whole family with her brush.

To get out of her predicament, she came up with the idea of painting portraits of dogs that pulled carts for small traders in Belgium. Each owner wanted to have an image of his favorite animal, and thus she did not need work for about 15 years.

Having achieved local popularity, she straightened out her family affairs and found an opportunity to indulge in the depiction of her favorite cats.
In this specialization she gained worldwide fame and became a respected artist, living to a ripe old age.