The Women's Palette Collection
Artworks by Talented Female Artists

'Women's Palette': rediscovering talented female artists

For decades, female artists remained in the shadow of their male colleagues and partners — overlooked, underrepresented, and often undervalued. In recent years, however, this has begun to shift. Museums are actively acquiring their work, exhibitions dedicated to women artists are gaining momentum, biographies are being published, and the art market is responding with renewed interest. What was long unjustly ignored is now being reassessed: their artistic vision, quality, and contribution are finally receiving the recognition they have always deserved.

'Bremmerians': women who shaped Dutch modern art

Many of these artists were ‘Bremmerians’ - students of the influential art advisor H.P. Bremmer, who also guided Helene Kröller-Müller in assembling her renowned collection for the Kröller-Müller Museum. Inspired by the exhibition Vrouwenpalet at Kunsthal Rotterdam, Museum De Wieger, and Museum Dr8888, The Scholte Collection now presents a curated selection of artworks that illuminate the stories of overlooked female talents. These intimate, powerful works offer a distinct perspective on a period in which women were systematically excluded from the canon of art history.

Das Gemälde Kornhaufen in Sonne (Korenschoven im Sommer) von Frieda Blanca von Joeden ist

Frieda Blanca von Joeden (1874-1953), Kornhaufen in Sonne, oil on canvas, approx. 1912, 47.5 x 52.5 cm. Exhibited: Der Herbst- (Frühjahrs-) Ausstellung Frankfurter Künstler Kunstverein (1912), p. 8. Price on request.

" Her work has always been meaningful; it just needed to be recognized. "

Why The Women’s Palette Collection matters: pioneering female artists in Dutch modern art history

The Scholte Collection contributes to a necessary correction in the art market, where talented women are finally receiving the stage they deserve. The works of Julie de Gaag, Coba Ritsema, Lizzy Ansingh, Nola Hatterman, Suze Robertson, Charlotte van Pallandt, Antje Egter van Wissekerke, Jo Koster, Eva Maria Alida de Jonge, Louise van Holthe tot Echten, Else Berg, Bertha van Hasselt, Sárika Góth, Rie Cramer, Marie Wandscheer, Anneke van der Feer, Frieda Blanca von Joeden, Deborah Duyvis, Mies Elout-Drabbe, Jo Koster, Karin Leyden, Lou Loeber, and many others provide powerful evidence of their undeniable contributions to Dutch art history. These women were not merely 'partners of,' but independent, talented artists who have left their own mark.

The Women's Palette Collection is an invitation to look deeper, to discover the stories of these female artists, and to give them the appreciation they have always deserved.

Want to read more? Book recommendations:

Karlijn de Jong (red.), Vrouwenpalet 1900–1950: Haar kunst, haar verhaal. Tentoonstellingscatalogus, Museum De Wieger, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Museum Dr888, 2022.
Jan Paul Hinrichs, Bremmerianen. Julie de Gaag en haar kringen: Tien kunstenaressen in Den Haag en Laren. Leiden: Uitgeverij Fragment, 2024.
Stella Rollig (red), Radicaal: Vrouwelijke kunstenaars en modernisme 1910–1950. Tentoonstellingscatalogus, Museum Arnhem, 2024.
Margriet van Seumeren, Sarah Heijse en Nikki Herberigs, Gooise vrouwen in de kunst 1850–2010. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Noord-Holland, 2009.