Marianne Franken Explained

Marianne Franken
Birth Date:	11 March 1884
Birth Place:	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:	Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Nazi Germany
Nationality:	Dutch
Field:	Painting

Marianne Franken (11 March 1884 – 4 April 1945) was a Dutch painter.^[1]

Biography

Franken was born on 11 March 1884 in Amsterdam. She studied at the Internationaal schildersatelier (Amsterdam) (International painting studio). Franken was a member of, and exhibited with, the and Arti et Amicitiae.^[2] She also exhibited with the Amsterdamse Joffers. Her subjects included still lifes, portraits (particularly of children), and genre scenes from her Jewish neighborhood near the Prinseneiland river in Amsterdam.^{[3] [4]}

Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.^[5]

Franken died on 4 April 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany.^[6]

External links

• • images of Franken's work on ArtNet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marianne Franken . AskArt . 9 January 2021.
2. Web site: Marianne Franken . RKD . 9 January 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Marianne Franken . Jewish Virtual Museum . 9 January 2021.
4. Web site: About Marianne Franken . Joods Monument . 9 January 2021 . en.
5. Web site: Onze kunst van heden, 1939 – . Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) . 9 January 2021.
6. Web site: Marianne Franken . Biografisch Portaal . 9 January 2021.