Mathilda (Til) Brugman (16 September 1888,

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– 24 July 1958, Gouda) was a Dutch

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and

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Biography

From 1926 to 1936, she lived in

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and later in

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with the German

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artist

Hannah Höch Hannah Höch (; 1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage. Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collage in which the pa ...

. In 1935, she published ''Scheingehacktes: Grotesken mit Zeichnungen von Hannah Höch''. In her apartment in

, the music room was designed by

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and supplemented with unique furniture of

Gerrit Rietveld Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. Early life Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at ni ...

. A White Chair was designed by

as a special commission for Til Brugman in 1923. Before Dutch Chair Designer Gerrit Rietveld painted the

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, he made several mono colored ones. In the room a multi-colored end table by

was also included.

Awards

In 1952, she received the Marianne Philips Prize and the Novels Prize (Amsterdam) for her work.

Selected works

* Das vertippte Zebra : Lyrik und Prosa * Schijngehakt : grotesken en novellen * Even anders : vier rabbelverzen * Lust en gratie * 5 klankgedichten * Tot hier toe en nog verder : notities * Wat de pop wist * Spiegel en lachspiegel * Eenmaal vrienden altijd vrienden * De zeebruid : roman * Kinderhand * De vlerken * Spanningen * Maras Puppe : eine Puppe erzählt aus ihrem Leben * Wiben en de katten * De houten Christus * Tijl Nix, de tranendroger * Bodem : Marcus van Boven, Gods knaap * Scheingehacktes (Grotesken mit Zeichnungen von Hannah Höch) * Den Haag, KB : 68 D 97a / Brief van Mathilda Maria Petronella Brugman (1888–1958), geschreven aan Rina Louisa Marsman-Barendregt (1897–1953) ; Brieven, voornamelijk van letterkundigen aan H. Marsman en/of Rina Louisa Marsman-Barendregt * Den Haag, KB : 135 B 333 / De kunstenaar ís zijn werk ; Verzameling brieven, foto's, manuscripten e.d. van voornamelijk beeldende kunstenaars, gericht aan en bijeengebracht door Dorothy Mathilda Suermondt (1912–1988) onder meer secretaresse bij de firma Martinus Nijhoff te Den Haag. Achtereenvolgens gehuwd met Josephus Judocus Zacharias ('Jos') Croïn (1894–1949), schilder en Christiaan W. Zeylstra

Some translations by Til Brugman and collaborations with others

* De schooiertjes van Napels -

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* De rijkdommen der aarde : over het huishouden der mensheid : economische aardrijkskunde voor iedereen - Juri Semjonow * De wonderlamp : een kleurig verhaal uit Bagdad -

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* Giovanna -

* Penny : het geheim van de jonk van de vriendelijke oostenwind - Hans Baumann / G.B. van Goor * Vevi - Lillegg, Erica / C.P.J. van der Peet * Noes is niet voor de poes - Adrian, G. / C.P.J. van der Peet * De wonderlamp : een kleurig verhaal uit Bagdad voor de jeugd -

* Paul Klee, 1879-1940 -

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* De mallemolen - Hans Baumann / G.B. van Goor * Deta en haar dieren : de geschiedenis van een diergaarde-directeur en zijn jonge assistante -

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/ G.B. van Goor *

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, 1917-1931 /

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References

Sources

* Marleen Slob, 'De mensen willen niet rijpen, vandaar' : leven en werk van Til Brugman, 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brugman, Til 1888 births 1958 deaths Dutch women poets LGBT writers from the Netherlands Lesbian writers Writers from Amsterdam Linguists from the Netherlands De Stijl Dada Feminist writers 20th-century Dutch novelists 20th-century Dutch poets 20th-century Dutch women writers Dutch women novelists LGBT poets 20th-century linguists 20th-century Dutch women