Bonaventura Alphonsus Maria (Bon) Ingen-Housz (also Bon Ingenhousz, 25 April 1881 in
Breda
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– 16 December 1953 in Breda) was a Dutch sculptor.
Bon Ingen-Housz (also called BMA Ingen-Housz, MA Ingen-Housz, or Bon Ingenhousz or Bon Ingen Housz) came from the prominent family
Ingen Housz in Breda, which mainly consisted of bankers and doctors. He received his training as a sculptor at the
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...
in Amsterdam.
Ingen-Housz worked on several large sculpture projects in Amsterdam (
Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Amsterdam) and the Van Heutsz-Monument), in The Hague and in Rotterdam. Ingen-Housz was a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1918 to 1946.
In 1908 Ingen-Housz was the winner of the Dutch
Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
.
One of his students was
Dirk Bus.
20th-century Dutch sculptors
Dutch male sculptors
Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners
Artists from Breda
1881 births
1953 deaths
20th-century Dutch male artists
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