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Suzanna "Suzanne" Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas Nijs or Suzanne Nicolas (1897 or 1902–1985) was a

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- Belgian sculptor.

Biography

Nijs was born in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

, Belgium. Some sources state 6 April 1897 as her birth date and others state 4 November 1902. She studied at the ''

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels ( ''(ArBA-EsA)''; ) is an art school in Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1711. Starting from modest beginnings in a single room in Brussels Town Hall, Brussels' Town Hall, it has since 1876 been operat ...

'' in Brussels. She was a student of

Victor Rousseau Victor Rousseau (Feluy, 16 December 1865 – Forest, Belgium, Forest, 17 March 1954) also known as M. Victor Rousseau, was a Belgian sculptor and medalist. Biography Rousseau was of Walloons, Walloon heritage and descended from a line of st ...

. 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

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ...

in Amsterdam. In 1924 Nijs was married to the stained glass artist

Joep Nicolas Joep Nicolas (Josephus Antonius Hubertus Franciscus Nicolas, October 6, 1897 – July 25, 1972) was a Dutch-born French ecclesiastical artist specializing in stained glass and sculpture. He was also a muralist, book illustrator, cartoonist, costum ...

(1897-1972), with whom she had two children. Their daughter, became a stained glass artist. The family spent time in France, Italy, Scotland, and the United States as well as Belgium and the Netherlands. Nijs died on 1 April 1985 in

Steyl Steyl (; ) is a village in the Tegelen district of the municipality of Venlo, the Netherlands. The village on the river Meuse is mainly known for its monastery, monasteries. In 2004, a section of the village including four monasteries was made a c ...

References

External links

Mission cross by Suzanne Nijs
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nijs, Suzanne Year of birth uncertain 1985 deaths People from Kortrijk Dutch sculptors 20th-century Dutch women artists