Olga van Iterson-Knoepfle
Born
Olga Knöpfle

(1879-10-03)3 October 1879
Überlingen, Germany
Died6 December 1961(1961-12-06) (aged 82)
Leiden, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Olga van Iterson-Knoepfle (1879-1961) was a Dutch artist.

Biography

Iterson-Knoepfle née Knoepfle was born on 3 October 1879 in Überlingen, Germany. She studied at the Arts and Crafts School in London, and the Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten (Higher Institute for Fine Arts) in Antwerp. She studied with Isidore Opsomer. She was a member of the Arti et Amicitiae and Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas. She was married to Constant Johann Adrian van Iterson.[1]

Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[2] In 1940 she was awarded the "gold medal of Queen Wilhelmina" at the Arti exhibition. It was the last year it was awarded.[3] Iterson-Knoepfle was a member of the nationalist, fascist, and antisemitic political organization the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands.[4] Iterson-Knoepfle taught at the drawing academy Ars Aemula Natura in Leiden. Her students included Frans van den Berg and Herman de Voogd

Iterson-Knoepfle died on 6 December 1961 in Leiden.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Olga van Iterson-Knoepfle". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Olga Knöpfle". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Frijns, Antoinette (December 2019). "Het Rampjaar - 1941" (PDF). Articula. 15: 12. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Knöpfle, Olga". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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