Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina (Jeanne) Bieruma Oosting (1898–1994) was a Dutch sculptor, engraver, graphic artist,

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, illustrator, glass artist, painter, illustrator and book designer. She studied at the School of Arts and Applied Arts in

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, the Academy of Art in

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and the

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in Paris. As a graphic artist, she is best known for designs for book covers, designs for stained-glass,

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, stamps and crafted artwork about trees, interiors, landscapes, mountain landscapes, portraits, self-portraits, figure shows, cityscapes, still lifes, flower paintings, fruit still lifes, and gardens. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau. She won a bronze medal in Paris at the World Exhibition of 1937; Painter price of Friesland in 1943 and the first international peace prize and Arti Medal in 1971. She was a member of

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in Amsterdam, and the Association for Craft and Art Industry (VANK) (since April 1927), the Dutch Watercolourists Circuit, and the Society for the Promotion of Graphic Arts. She etched the illustrations in

Adriaan Roland Holst Adriaan Roland Holst (Amsterdam, 23 May 1888 – Bergen, North Holland, 5 August 1976) was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for t ...

's 1937 book of poems, ''Een winter aan zee'' (''A Winter at the Sea''). In 1970 funds were made available for the establishment of the Jeanne Oosting Prize, issuing two oeuvre awards each year to artists who work in a figurative style. Since 1994, these awards are given by the Jeanne Oosting Foundation. Postzegel NL nr469-473

References

* Kuyvenhoven, F. (2010) ''Index Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, kunstnijveraars en fotografen''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Oosting, Jeanne Bieruma 1898 births 1994 deaths Dutch women illustrators Artists from Leeuwarden Dutch etchers Dutch printmakers 20th-century Dutch women painters Dutch draughtsmen Women etchers 20th-century etchers 20th-century Dutch lithographers 20th-century Dutch illustrators