Marie Cremers (1874-1960) was a

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painter, lithographer, graphic artist, and illustrator.

Biography

Cremers was born on 12 January 1874 in

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. She studied at the ''

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'' (State Academy of Fine Arts) and the (National School for Applied Arts Amsterdam). Her instructors included

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, and

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She was a member of the

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. Cremers was active as an author and illustrator. 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' go ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam. Cremers died on 9 March 1960 in

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example of Cremers' work
on RKD {{DEFAULTSORT:Cremers, Marie 1874 births 1960 deaths Artists from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch women artists 20th-century Dutch women artists