Mirjam Jacobson Explained

Mirjam Jacobson
Other Names:Mirjam Rosa Cohen Bendiks-Jacobson
Birth Date:14 July 1887
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany
Nationality:Dutch
Education:Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid Amsterdam, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Field:Painting

Mirjam Jacobson (14 July 1887 – 8 February 1945) was a Dutch painter.

Biography

Jacobson was born on 14 July 1887 in Amsterdam. She studied at the (National School for Arts and Crafts Amsterdam) and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts). Her teachers included, Johannes Hendricus Jurres, Simon Maris,, and Hendrik Jan Wolter.[1]

In 1919 she exhibited her work at the Jaarbeurs voor kunstnijverheid (Trade fair for arts and crafts).[2] In 1932 she married Izzac Cohen Bendiks.[3] Jacobson's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4]

Jacobson and her husband were imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Both she and her husband died there before they were able to immigrate to Honduras.[5] Jacobson died on 8 February 1945 at the age of 57.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mirjam Rosa Jacobson . RKD . 26 January 2021 . nl.
  2. Web site: Jacobson, Mirjam Rosa (Mirjam) . ArtIndex . 26 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Gezin Izaäk Cohen Bendiks . Joods Monument . 26 January 2021 . nl.
  4. Web site: Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - . Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) . 26 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Mirjam Rosa Jacobson . Joods Virtueel Museum . 26 January 2021 . nl-NL.
  6. Web site: Cohen Bendiks, Mirjam Rosa . Biografisch Portaal . 26 January 2021.