Suzanne Nijs

Suzanne Nijs studied at Glasgow School of Art and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. Training under Victor Rousseau is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, figurative, landscape and religious. Residence is recorded at London and Glasgow.

• Name — Suzanne Nijs • Other Names — Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs • Born — 6 April 1897 or 4 November 1902 • Birthplace — Kortrijk, Belgium • Died — 1 April 1985 • Place of death — Steyl, Netherlands • Education — Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels • Field — Sculpture • Spouse — Joep Nicolas • Illustration — reliefs "Verum Bonum Pulchrum" made by Suzanne Nicolas-Nijs in 1938

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. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In 1924 Nijs was married to the stained glass artist Joep Nicolas (1897–1972), with whom she had two children. Their daughter, Sylvia Nicolas became a stained glass artist. 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.

The authorities additionally record the headings Suzanna Melania Charlotta Maria Nicolas-Nijs, Suzanne Nicolas-Nys, Suzanne Nys, Suzanne Nicolas and Suzanne Nicolas-Nijs. Her recorded language was French. She married Joep Nicolas.