Background
She was born to a family of merchants. Her mother died when she was two and was raised by her aunt and uncle.
She was born to a family of merchants. Her mother died when she was two and was raised by her aunt and uncle.
She belonged to a group of artists known as the Amsterdamse Joffers. She displayed an early talent for drawing and began her studies in 1874 at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, where she was a pupil of January Philip Koelman. In 1876 she followed drawing lessons at the Polytechnical School in Delft.
Until 1882 she taught drawing lessons for girls in Rotterdam while taking lessons on Sundays from Petrus van der Velden in The Hague, and after that chose a career as an artist.
While in Rotterdam Suze caused something of a scandal because she insisted her pupils should be able to draw from the naked model. In 1907 her work was shown at the opening sale of the new branch of the Larensche Kunsthandel in Amsterdam where she sold works totalling 10,000 guilders, at the time something of a record.
She died in The Hague.
Arti et Amicitiae.