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Truus Claes was a painter, at a time when women could not easily practice the profession. The fact that she was able to capture Wilhelmina Drucker in a portrait in 1917 was a great incentive (see photo). Wihelmina Drucker had become known as a champion of feminism.
Claes received her academic education in Amsterdam. And mainly painted portraits and figure representations. She worked in Amersfoort, Laren, Amsterdam and later in Schaarbeek and Linkebeek (Belgium). In the latter place she probably painted this portrait, see the back of the canvas.