Euphemia Hendrika Maria (Phemia) Molkenboer ( Weesp, 10 September 1883 –

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, 10 May 1940) was a Dutch

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, furniture designer, draughtswoman and

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. Groot, M.(2007); ''Vrouwen in de vormgeving in Nederland 1880–1940''; retrieved throug
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9 March 2016.

Biography

Molkenboer was born in Weesp in 1883, one of fourteen children of the sculptor and painter

Willem Molkenboer Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerardus Molkenboer, known as Willem (8 June 1844, Leiden - 9 December 1915, Amsterdam) was a Dutch sculptor and art educator. Life and work He was born to Theodorus Molkenboer (1801-1872), a baker, and his wife, Euphemia n� ...

and Maria Cecilia Petronella Johanna Derkinderen. She was a sister of the painters

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and

Theo Molkenboer Theodorus Henricus Antonius Adolph Molkenboer (23 February 1871, Leeuwarden – 1 December 1920, Lugano) was a Dutch painter and designer, notably, of book covers and posters. He was also an expert on the history of Dutch folk costumes and wrote ...

and of the

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Bernard Molkenboer. She attended the Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers, an art school founded by her father, from 1900 to 1905, followed by a year at the

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art school.Phemia Molkenboer
profile at the RKD, retrieved 9 March 2016. She became an art teacher and worked as one at least until 1930. Between 1916 and 1920 she was involved with the magazine ''Jong Leven'' and she became a member and later secretary of the catholic art society ''Kunstkring de Violier'' in Amsterdam.

Works

In 1907 Molkenboer produced drawings for a book by

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, followed by some book covers, mostly in

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style. She worked with the toy factory ''Olanda'', designing wooden toys and children's furniture. In 1924, at the occasion of the 27th Eucharistic Congress, Molkenboer designed commemorative plates for De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in

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. She also did some occasion work for the

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factory De Sphinx in

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capriolus.nl, retrieved 9 March 2016. Some of Molkenboer's work was distinguished at the Panama–California Exposition in

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. Omslag voor bladmuziek Kroningslied.jpg, Sheet music cover, 1898 coronation song Boekomslag Phemia Molkenboer 1938.jpg, Book cover for Marie Koenen, 1938 Phemia Molkenboer - Petrus Regout - herinneringsbord 100 jaar Koninkrijk der Nederlanden - voorzijde - 1913.jpg, Memorial plate, Kingdom of the Netherlands 100 years, 1913 Phemia Molkenboer - Porceleyne Fles - herinneringsbord - voorzijde - 1924.jpg, Memorial plate for the 27th Eucharistic Congress, Amsterdam, 22–27 July 1924

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