Rachel Ruysch - Dutch Flower Painter

Rachel Ruysch, a Dutch painter, painted flowers in a realistic style, probably influenced by her father, a botanist. Her teacher was Willem van Aelst, and she worked primarily in Amsterdam. She was court painter in Düsseldorf from 1708. Her flower paintings tend to have dark backgrounds with a brightly-lit center.

Women Artists: Renaissance and Baroque Painters
On this site: an overview of women painters of the 16th-17th centuries, including a list of many of the female painters of the period.

Rachel Ruysch
A brief biography of Rachel Ruysch.

Rachel Ruysch
Biography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Allegorical Portrait of an Artist, Probably Rachel Ruysch
A painting by Michiel van Musscher, at the North Carolina Museum of Art, probably depicting Rachel Ruysch.

Floral Still Life
An image (click for larger version) of a painting, from the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester.

Flowers in a Vase
An oil by Dutch woman artist Rachel Ruysch, with short profile.

Flowers in a Vase
From the National Gallery, London, an image of Flwoers in a Vase, an oil on canvas by Rachel Ruysch.

Fruit and Insects
An image of an oil on wood by Rachel Ruysch, with a brief description of its ownership.

Roses, Convolvulus, Poppies and Other Flowers...
An image of a painting by Rachel Ruysch, from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. This page includes background on Ruysch's flower paintings.

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