Rachel van Dantzig

Rachel van Dantzig studied at Willem de Kooning Academy and Académie Colarossi. Training under Charles van der Stappen is recorded. Residence is recorded at Brussels and Paris. Work by Rachel van Dantzig is recorded in the collections of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Drents Museum. Distinctions recorded are De Vrouw 1813-1913.

• Name — Rachel van Dantzig • Born — 12 November 1878 • Birthplace — Rotterdam, The Netherlands • Died — 15 February 1949 • Place of death — Auderghem, Belgium • Field — Sculptor Rachel Margaretha van Dantzig (1878–1949) was a Dutch sculptor.

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. She exhibited her work from 1903 through 1939. Van Dantzig was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, Vereeniging Sint Lucas (Amsterdam), Rotterdamse Kunstkring (Rotterdam Art Circle), Kunstenaarsvereniging De Onafhankelijken, and Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwers (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. 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. Van Dantzig died on 15 February 1949 in Auderghem, Belgium.