title: Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz
text: # Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz
  
  Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz (1893-1953) was a Dutch painter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Meijer-Smetz née Smetz was born on 12 August 1893 in Nieuwer-Amstel. She studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam. Her teachers included Adrianus Martinus De Groot, Richard Roland Holst, and Johan Meijer [nl] (1885-1970), whom she married.
  
  In 1920 she won the Legaat Vrouwe Vigelius [nl] (Lady Vigelius Prize). Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. She was a member of the Kunstenaarsvereniging Laren-Blaricum [nl] (Artists association Laren-Blaricum).
  
  Meijer-Smetz died on 16 August 1953 in Blaricum.
  
  