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Lou Loeber
Self-portrait, 1921
Born
Louise Marie Loeber

(1894-05-03)3 May 1894
Died2 February 1983(1983-02-02) (aged 88)
Laren, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Other namesLou Koning-Loeber
Known for Painting
SpouseDirk Koning

Louise "Lou" Marie Loeber (3 May 1894 – 2 February 1983) was a Dutch painter. [1]

Biography

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 [ nl] (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]

References

  1. ^ "Lou Loeber - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Lou Loeber". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Haas, Anna de (17 September 2019). "Loeber, Louise Marie (1894-1983)". Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ Loeber, Louise Maria. 2011. doi: 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00110978. ISBN  978-0-19-977378-7. Retrieved 1 February 2021. {{ cite book}}: |website= ignored ( help)
  5. ^ Steen, John (2003). Loeber, Lou. doi: 10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T051549. ISBN  978-1-884446-05-4. Retrieved 1 February 2021. {{ cite book}}: |website= ignored ( help)
  6. ^ "Loeber, Lou". Das Verborgene Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Dirk Koning". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Loeber, L. (Lou)". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Louise Marie Loeber". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Portrait of Toon Verhoef, Lou Loeber, c. 1919 - c. 1929". Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 1 February 2021.