Suzanne Nijs | |
Other Names: | Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1897 or 4 November 1902 |
Birth Place: | Kortrijk, Belgium |
Death Place: | Steyl, Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch-Belgian |
Education: | Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
Field: | Sculpture |
Spouse: | Joep Nicolas |
Suzanna "Suzanne" Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas Nijs or Suzanne Nicolas (1897 or 1902–1985) was a Dutch-Belgian sculptor.
Nijs was born in Kortrijk, Belgium. Some sources state 6 April 1897 as her birth date and others state 4 November 1902. She studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. She was a student of Victor Rousseau.[1] Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[2]
In 1924 Nijs was married to the stained glass artist Joep Nicolas (1897-1972),[3] with whom she had two children.[4] Their daughter, became a stained glass artist.[5] [6] The family spent time in France, Italy, Scotland, and the United States as well as Belgium and the Netherlands.[1]
Nijs died on 1 April 1985 in Steyl.[7]