Jeanne Bieruma Oosting
Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina (Jeanne) Bieruma Oosting (1898–1994) was a Dutch sculptor, engraver, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator, glass artist, painter, illustrator and book designer. She studied at the School of Arts and Applied Arts in Haarlem, the Academy of Art in The Hague and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau.
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Jeanne Bieruma Oosting

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- Name
- Jeanne Bieruma Oosting
- Born
- 5 February 1898
- Birthplace
- Leeuwarden
- Died
- 14 July 1994 5 February 1898
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Fields
- visual arts, art of sculpture, painting and graphics.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina (Jeanne) Bieruma Oosting (1898–1994) was a Dutch sculptor, engraver, graphic artist, lithographer, illustrator, glass artist, painter, illustrator and book designer. She studied at the School of Arts and Applied Arts in Haarlem, the Academy of Art in The Hague and the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau.
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She won a bronze medal in Paris at the World Exhibition of 1937; Painter price of Friesland in 1943 and the first international peace prize and Arti Medal in 1971. She was a member of Pulchri Studio, Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam, and the Association for Craft and Art Industry (VANK) (since April 1927), the Dutch Watercolourists Circuit, and the Society for the Promotion of Graphic Arts. She etched the illustrations in Adriaan Roland Holst's 1937 book of poems, Een winter aan zee (A Winter at the Sea). In 1970 funds were made available for the establishment of the Jeanne Oosting Prize, issuing two oeuvre awards each year to artists who work in a figurative style. Since 1994, these awards are given by the Jeanne Oosting Foundation. • Illustration — Stamps of the Netherlands, 1946
The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is visual arts, art of sculpture and painting. Work by Jeanne Bieruma Oosting is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Centraal Museum, Fries Museum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

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• Name — Jeanne Bieruma Oosting • Born — 5 February 1898 • Birthplace — Leeuwarden • Died — 14 July 1994 5 February 1898
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1898
Jeanne Bieruma Oosting was born in 1898 at Leeuwarden.
1994
Jeanne Bieruma Oosting died in 1994 at Almen.
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- Jolande Withuis, Geen tijd te verliezen. Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (1898-1994), BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 2023
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3917520: Jeanne Bieruma Oosting
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Jolande Withuis, Geen tijd te verliezen. Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (1898-1994), BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 2023Crossref registry
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jeanne Oosting, Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina Bieruma Oosting and Jeanne Bieruma-Oosting. Her recorded language was Dutch. Oosting worked in visual arts, art of sculpture, painting, graphics and postage stamp design. Oosting received Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Recorded as painter, etcher, lithographer, draftsperson and sculptor.
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Centraal Museum, Fries Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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