Suzanne Nijs
Belgian sculptor
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| Intro | Belgian sculptor | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs | ||||||
| Places | Belgium | ||||||
| was | Artist Sculptor | ||||||
| Work field | Arts | ||||||
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| Genres: | Portrait Figurative art Landscape art Religious art | ||||||
| Birth | 4 November 1902, Kortrijk, Arrondissement of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium | ||||||
| Death | 1 April 1985Steyl, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands (aged 82 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||||
| Residence | London, England, UK; Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom; Italy; Groet, Bergen, North Holland, Netherlands; Steyl, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands | ||||||
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Suzanna "Suzanne" Melania Charlotta Maria Nijs or Suzanne Nicolas (1897-1983) was a Dutch-Belgian sculptor.
Biography
Nijs was born on 6 April 1897 in Kortrijk, Belgium. She studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. She was a student of Victor Rousseau. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In 1924 Nijs was married to the stained glass artist Joep Nicolas (1897-1972), with whom she had two children. Their daughter, Sylvia Nicolas 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.