[1] She was a pupil of her father in Brussels where she grew up, and in 1867 she returned to The Hague to learn watercolour painting from her grandfather.

[2] She was a child prodigy who showed her work at Pulchri Studio at the age of 16 though she only became a member there in 1878.

[2] In 1887 she moved in with her cousin Maria Henrietta Catherina van Wielik, who was married to the painter Johannes Gijsbert Vogel.

[2] She had many female pupils, including Adrienne van Hogendorp-s' Jacob and Helene Cramer,[1] who also showed works in Chicago in 1893.

[1] She died in Voorburg relatively young from injuries suffered from a fall.