Suzanne Nijs

{{short description|Dutch-Belgian sculptor}}

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| other_names = Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|4|6|df=y}} or 4 November 1902

| birth_place = Kortrijk, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date|1985|4|1|1902|11|4|df=y}}

| death_place = Steyl, Netherlands

| nationality = Dutch-Belgian

| education = Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

| field = Sculpture

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| spouse = Joep Nicolas

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File:Verum Bonum Pulchrum Suzanne Nicolas-Nys Emmastraat KRO Hilversum.jpg

Suzanna "Suzanne" Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas Nijs or Suzanne Nicolas (1897 or 1902–1985) was a Dutch-Belgian sculptor.

==Biography==

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.{{cite web |title=Suzanne Nicolas |url=https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/59418 |website=RKD |access-date=15 February 2021 |language=nl}} Her 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=15 February 2021}}

In 1924 Nijs was married to the stained glass artist Joep Nicolas (1897-1972),{{cite web |title=Nicolas, J. (Joep) |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0953900087043050751171317009850910506301 |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date=15 February 2021}} with whom she had two children.{{cite web |title=Nicolas - Nys, S. (Suzanne) |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0359901159011090971851657003860960506511 |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date=15 February 2021}} Their daughter, {{ill|Sylvia Nicolas|nl}} became a stained glass artist.{{cite web |title=Nicolas, Hortensia Margaretha Maria Sylvia (Sylvia) |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0659901159011090861851637003860960506511 |website=(Lexicon) |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=Stained Glass Autonomous Panels |url=https://sylvianicolas.com/ |website=Sylvia Nicolas |access-date=15 February 2021}} The family spent time in France, Italy, Scotland, and the United States as well as Belgium and the Netherlands.

Nijs died on 1 April 1985 in Steyl.{{cite web |title=Nicolas, Suzanne |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/20733840 |website=Biografisch Portaal |access-date=15 February 2021}}