Phemia Molkenboer
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Euphemia Hendrika Maria (Phemia) Molkenboer (Weesp, 10 September 1883 – Amsterdam, 10 May 1940) was a Dutch ceramist, furniture designer, draughtswoman and art teacher.{{in lang|nl}} Groot, M.(2007); Vrouwen in de vormgeving in Nederland 1880–1940; retrieved through [https://books.google.com/books?id=kf_A8YENhRQC&dq=euphemia+hendrika+molkenboer&pg=PA510 GoogleBooks], 9 March 2016.
Biography
Molkenboer was born in Weesp in 1883, one of fourteen children of the sculptor and painter Willem Molkenboer and Maria Cecilia Petronella Johanna Derkinderen.{{in lang|nl}} [https://antoonmolkenboer.wordpress.com/leven/ Leven], antoonmolkenboer.wordpress.com (blog), retrieved 9 March 2016. She was a sister of the painters {{Ill|Antoon Molkenboer|nl}} and Theo Molkenboer{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.artindex.nl/noordholland/default.asp?id=6&num=0673900903003090223150037007840940501901 Willem Bernardus Gerardus Molkenboer], Noord-Holland Art Index, retrieved 9 March 2016. and of the literary scientist {{Ill|Bernard Molkenboer|nl}}.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.biografischwoordenboekgelderland.nl/bio/3_Bernardus_Constant_Molkenboer Bernardus Constant Molkenboer], Biografisch Woordenboek Gelderland, retrieved 9 March 2016.
She attended the {{Ill|Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers|nl}}, an art school founded by her father, from 1900 to 1905, followed by a year at the Rijksakademie art school.{{in lang|nl}} [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/93031 Phemia Molkenboer], profile at the RKD, retrieved 9 March 2016. She became an art teacher and worked as one at least until 1930. Between 1916 and 1920 she was involved with the magazine Jong Leven and she became a member and later secretary of the catholic art society Kunstkring de Violier in Amsterdam.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.artindex.nl/limburg/default.asp?id=6&num=0371900359022030063160117001890990501991 Euphemia Hendrika Maria Molkenboer], Limburg Art Index, retrieved 9 March 2016.
Works
In 1907 Molkenboer produced drawings for a book by Johanna Naber, followed by some book covers, mostly in Art Nouveau style. She worked with the toy factory Olanda, designing wooden toys and children's furniture. In 1924, at the occasion of the 27th Eucharistic Congress, Molkenboer designed commemorative plates for De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in Delft. She also did some occasion work for the earthenware factory {{Ill|De Sphinx|nl|Koninklijke Sphinx}} in Maastricht.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.capriolus.nl/nl/content/molkenboer-phemia Molkenboer, Phemia], capriolus.nl, retrieved 9 March 2016. Some of Molkenboer's work was distinguished at the Panama–California Exposition in San Diego.
Omslag voor bladmuziek Kroningslied.jpg|Sheet music cover, 1898 coronation song
Boekomslag Phemia Molkenboer 1938.jpg|Book cover for Marie Koenen, 1938
Phemia Molkenboer - Petrus Regout - herinneringsbord 100 jaar Koninkrijk der Nederlanden - voorzijde - 1913.jpg|Memorial plate, Kingdom of the Netherlands 100 years, 1913
Phemia Molkenboer - Porceleyne Fles - herinneringsbord - voorzijde - 1924.jpg|Memorial plate for the 27th Eucharistic Congress, Amsterdam, 22–27 July 1924
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