Adriënne Broeckman-Klinkhamer (1876–1976) was a

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painter, illustrator, and textile artist.

Biography

Broeckman-Klinkhamer née Klinkhamer was born on 4 December 1876 in

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, the seventh of ten children. She attended ''School voor Kunstnijverheid (Haarlem)'' (School for Arts and Crafts (Haarlem)) and ''Akademie van beeldende kunsten (Den Haag)'' (

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) Around 1908 she married fellow artist Anne Marinus Broeckman (1874-1946) with whom she had two children, one of whom, Elga Eymer, went on to become an artist. The couple settled in Laren in North Holland. In 1915 Broeckman-Klinkhamer became one of the few women members of the

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artists association ''Club De Tien''. She was also a member of ''

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'', , and . Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

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'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam. Broeckman-Klinkhamer died on 12 April 1976 in

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References

External links

images of Broeckman-Klinkhamer's work
on De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL) {{DEFAULTSORT:Broeckman-Klinkhamer, Adriënne 1876 births 1976 deaths Painters from Amsterdam 19th-century Dutch women artists 20th-century Dutch women artists 19th-century women textile artists 19th-century textile artists 20th-century women textile artists 20th-century textile artists Dutch women painters