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Phemia Molkenboer

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Phemia at age 12, painted by her brother Theo

Euphemia Hendrika Maria (Phemia) Molkenboer (Weesp, 10 September 1883 – Amsterdam, 10 May 1940) was a Dutch ceramist, furniture designer, draughtswoman and art teacher.[1]

Biography

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Molkenboer was born in Weesp in 1883, one of fourteen children of the sculptor and painter Willem Molkenboer and Maria Cecilia Petronella Johanna Derkinderen.[2] She was a sister of the painters Antoon and Theo Molkenboer[3] and of the literary scientist Bernard Molkenboer.[4]

She attended the Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers, an art school founded by her father, from 1900 to 1905, followed by a year at the Rijksakademie art school.[5] She became an art teacher and worked as one at least until 1930.[1] Between 1916 and 1920 she was involved with the magazine Jong Leven and she became a member and later secretary of the catholic art society Kunstkring de Violier in Amsterdam.[1][6]

Works

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In 1907 Molkenboer produced drawings for a book by Johanna Naber, followed by some book covers, mostly in Art Nouveau style.[1] She worked with the toy factory Olanda, designing wooden toys and children's furniture.[1] In 1924, at the occasion of the 27th Eucharistic Congress, Molkenboer designed commemorative plates for De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in Delft.[5] She also did some occasion work for the earthenware factory De Sphinx in Maastricht.[7] Some of Molkenboer's work was distinguished at the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego.[1]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b c d e f (in Dutch) Groot, M.(2007); Vrouwen in de vormgeving in Nederland 1880–1940; retrieved through GoogleBooks, 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) Leven, antoonmolkenboer.wordpress.com (blog), retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ (in Dutch) Willem Bernardus Gerardus Molkenboer, Noord-Holland Art Index, retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ (in Dutch) Bernardus Constant Molkenboer, Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland, retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b (in Dutch) Phemia Molkenboer, profile at the RKD, retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ (in Dutch) Euphemia Hendrika Maria Molkenboer, Limburg Art Index, retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ^ (in Dutch) Molkenboer, Phemia, capriolus.nl, retrieved 9 March 2016.