Rachel van Dantzig | |
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Born | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 12 November 1878
Died | 15 February 1949 Auderghem, Belgium | (aged 70)
Nationality | Dutch, Belgian |
Known for | Sculptor |
Rachel Margaretha van Dantzig (1878–1949) was a Dutch sculptor.[1]
Van Dantzig was born on 12 November 1878 in Rotterdam. She studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Rotterdam) and the Académie Colarossi (Paris). She was a student of Charles van der Stappen.[2] She exhibited her work from 1903 through 1939.[3]
Van Dantzig was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, Vereeniging Sint Lucas (Amsterdam), Rotterdamse Kunstkring (Rotterdam Art Circle), Kunstenaarsvereniging De Onafhankelijken , and Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers (NKVB) (Dutch Circle of Sculptors). In 1913 she won the 1st class medal at the exhibition De Vrouw 1813-1913 with a sculpture.[2] In 1919 she created a medal for victims of the Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe.[4] Van Dantzig's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[5]
Van Dantzig died on 15 February 1949 in Auderghem, Belgium.[2]
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