Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal or Fanny Psicha (1864-1950) was a Belgium born Dutch artist. She was known for her still lifes.

Biography

Schweistal was born on 9 April 1864 in Brussels, Belgium, settling in Amsterdam in 1886. She attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. She studied with August Allebé, Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker, Hendrik Haverman, and Marie Wandscheer. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Schweistal was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and . She exhibited regularly from 1911 through 1940 with the Sint Lucas group.

Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal

Schweistal died on 7 June 1950 in Amsterdam.

Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal

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1864 births

1950 deaths

Artists from Brussels

20th-century Belgian women artists

Belgian emigrants to the Netherlands

Maria Adeline Alice Schweistal