Arina Hugenholtz
1848–1934 · Dutch painter of landscapes and genre scenes, associated with the Laren School
Arina Hugenholtz (20 September 1848 – 4 April 1934) was a Dutch painter known mainly for her landscapes and genre scenes. Her career helps illustrate the move of Dutch painting in the late nineteenth century toward the artists' colony of Laren.
She trained at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, where she studied with Anton Mauve. Her work gained international exposure when it was shown at the Palace of Fine Arts during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1894 she settled in Laren, where she had a studio built for herself. There she became associated with the Laren School, the group of artists working in the town with a focus on rural life and the light of the countryside. She died in Laren in 1934.
Today her works are held by the Singer Museum in Laren and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, which keep her memory alive within Dutch painting of the period.