Suze Slager-Velsen (1883-1964) was a

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painter.

Biography

Slager-Velsen née Velsen was born on 6 November 1883 in

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. She studied at the '' Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten'' (Academy of Visual Arts) in Rotterdam. Her teachers included , Dirk Herman Michaël Harting. She was married to fellow artist (1871-1938) with whom she had one child. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' g ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam. She was a member of the

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and the . Slager-Velsen died on 25 December 1964 in

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Legacy

Suze Bergé-Slager, Slager-Velsen's daughter, established the

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in 's-Hertogenbosch. The museum houses works of several generations of Slagers.

References

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