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Mirjam Jacobson

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Mirjam Jacobson
Born(1887-07-14)14 July 1887
Died8 February 1945(1945-02-08) (aged 57)
NationalityDutch
Other namesMirjam Rosa Cohen Bendiks-Jacobson
Known forPainting
Mill in landscape, 1915

Mirjam Jacobson (14 July 1887 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch painter.

Biography

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Jacobson was born on 14 July 1887 in Amsterdam. She studied at the Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid Amsterdam [nl] (National School for Arts and Crafts Amsterdam) and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts). Her teachers included Luplau Janssen [da], Johannes Hendricus Jurres, Simon Maris, Willem Retera [nl], and Hendrik Jan Wolter.[1]

In 1919 she exhibited her work at the Jaarbeurs voor kunstnijverheid (Trade fair for arts and crafts).[2] In 1932 she married Izzac Cohen Bendiks.[3] Jacobson's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4]

Jacobson and her husband were imprisoned[why?] at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Both she and her husband died there before they were able to immigrate to Honduras.[5] Jacobson died on 8 February 1945 at the age of 57.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Mirjam Rosa Jacobson". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Jacobson, Mirjam Rosa (Mirjam)". ArtIndex. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Gezin Izaäk Cohen Bendiks". Joods Monument (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Mirjam Rosa Jacobson". Joods Virtueel Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Cohen Bendiks, Mirjam Rosa". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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