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Beautiful old woodcut of the Abbey Gate in Middelburg, framed behind glass in the original frame. Signed in pencil. In good condition.
Frieda Rutgers van der Loeff-Mielziner (Braunschweig, May 22, 1877 – Alkmaar, November 21, 1948) was a Dutch painter and draftsman. She usually signed F. Rutgers v/d Loeff-Mielziner. She was born in Germany and studied at the drawing academy in Copenhagen. She worked as a painter successively in Copenhagen, Brussels, Venlo, Mariakerke, Sluis and Middelburg. She married Ari Rülf in Brussels in 1902. After his death, she married the captain of the infantry and later colonel Manta Rutgers van der Loeff, a member of the Van der Loeff family, on 3 September 1918 in Middelburg. After 1940 she settled in Bergen (NH). Her subjects are mainly portraits of fishermen from Zeeland and Volendam, Westkapelle peasant types, female figures and flower still lifes. Rutgers van der Loeff belonged to the Bergen School and was therefore a member of the KunstsCentrumBergen (KCB). She died in November 1948 in Alkmaar. In January 1949 an exhibition in honor of her work was held at the International Cultural Center in Amsterdam.
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