Lou Loeber | |
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![]() Self-portrait, 1921 | |
Born | Louise Marie Loeber 3 May 1894 |
Died | 2 February 1983 Laren, Netherlands | (aged 88)
Nationality | Dutch |
Other names | Lou Koning-Loeber |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Dirk Koning |
Louise "Lou" Marie Loeber (3 May 1894 – 2 February 1983) was a Dutch painter. [1]
Loeber was born on 3 May 1894 in Amsterdam. She attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam from 1915 to 1918. [2]
After leaving the Rijksakademie she returned to her home in Blaricum, where she had a studio. She began exhibiting her work in 1921 at Kunstzaal Reddingius (Hilversum). Around this time she began traveling throughout Europe, including to Belgium, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. [3] Her work was influenced by Cubism, De Stijl, Expressionism, Neo-Plasticism, and Symbolism [4] [3] but she did not consider herself an abstract painter. [5]
Loeber joined the Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiders Partij ( Social Democratic Workers Party) (SDAP) in 1925. [3]
In 1927 she traveled to Berlin and Dessau in Germany, where she visited the Bauhaus. [6]
In 1931 Loeber married fellow artist Dirk Koning (1888–1978). [7]
Loeber's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. [8] She was a member of the Kunstenaarsvereniging Laren-Blaricum (Artists association Laren-Blaricum), Gooische Kunstkring (Gooische Art circle), and De Socialistischen Kunstenaarskring (The Socialist Artists Circle). [2]
In 1980 Loeber published her memoirs. [3]
Loeber died on 2 February 1983 in Laren, North Holland. [9] Loeber's portrait of fellow artist and influence, Toon Verhoef, is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. [10]
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