Frederick Engel (Fre) Jeltsema (
Uithuizen
Uithuizen () is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. It had a population of 4,885 in January 2017.
The Uithuizen railway station is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway.
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, 4 October 1879 -
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, 16 February 1971) was a
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painter and sculptor.
Because of a medical uncertainty at birth, Jeltsema was registered as a girl in the municipality's population registry. This was administratively corrected in 1906.
In 1892–1896 Jeltsema followed a course at the Minerva Academy in Groningen. He then followed an initial training for drawing teacher, but opted for training as a sculptor at the
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
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in Amsterdam (1899–1902). In 1902 he won the
Dutch Prix de Rome.
1879 births
1971 deaths
Dutch male sculptors
People from Eemsmond
Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners
20th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
20th-century Dutch sculptors
20th-century Dutch male artists
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