Marianne Franken
self portrait
Born(1884-03-11)11 March 1884
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died4 April 1945(1945-04-04) (aged 61)
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Marianne Franken (11 March 1884 – 4 April 1945) was a Dutch painter.[1]

Biography

Franken was born on 11 March 1884 in Amsterdam. She studied at the Internationaal schildersatelier (Amsterdam) (International painting studio). Franken was a member of, and exhibited with, the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas and Arti et Amicitiae.[2] She also exhibited with the Amsterdamse Joffers. Her subjects included still lifes, portraits (particularly of children), and genre scenes from her Jewish neighborhood near the Prinseneiland river in Amsterdam.[3][4]

Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[5]

Franken died on 4 April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Marianne Franken". AskArt. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Marianne Franken". RKD. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marianne Franken". Jewish Virtual Museum. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "About Marianne Franken". Joods Monument. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 –". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Marianne Franken". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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