Rachel van Dantzig
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| birth_place = Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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| death_place = Auderghem, Belgium
| nationality = Dutch, Belgian
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Rachel Margaretha van Dantzig (1878–1949) was a Dutch sculptor.{{cite web |title=Rachel M. Van Dantzig |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/rachel-m-van-dantzig/past-auction-results |website=ArtNet |access-date=30 December 2020}}
Biography
Van Dantzig was born on 12 November 1878 in Rotterdam. She studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Rotterdam) and the Académie Colarossi (Paris). She was a student of Charles van der Stappen.{{cite web |title=Rachel van Dantzig |url=https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/20027 |website=RKD |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=nl}} She exhibited her work from 1903 through 1939.{{cite web |title=Dantzig, Rachel Margaretha (Rachel) van |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0757901159097050431131557009850910506441 |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch |access-date=30 December 2020}}
Van Dantzig was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, Vereeniging Sint Lucas (Amsterdam), Rotterdamse Kunstkring (Rotterdam Art Circle), Kunstenaarsvereniging {{ill|De Onafhankelijken|nl}}, and {{ill|Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers|nl}} (NKVB) (Dutch Circle of Sculptors). In 1913 she won the 1st class medal at the exhibition De Vrouw 1813-1913 with a sculpture. In 1919 she created a medal for victims of the Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe.{{cite web |title=Anti Semitic Bigotry As Chronicled By historical medals-Jewish-American Hall of Fame |url=http://www.amuseum.org/anti-semitism/page54.html |website=Jewish Museum in Cyberspace |access-date=30 December 2020}} Van Dantzig's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.{{cite web |title=Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0933300087065090752012317007880100303300&relt=3001&limit=no&in= |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date=30 December 2020}}
Van Dantzig died on 15 February 1949 in Auderghem, Belgium.
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External links
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- [https://rkd.nl/nl/explore#query=Rachel%20van%20Dantzig images of van Dantzig's work] on RKD
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Category:Artists from Rotterdam
Category:19th-century Dutch sculptors
Category:20th-century Dutch sculptors
Category:Dutch emigrants to Belgium
Category:Willem de Kooning Academy alumni
Category:Académie Colarossi alumni
Category:20th-century Dutch women sculptors
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