About Bon Ingen-Housz
Lived 1881 – 1953 (aged 72). Bon Ingen-Housz was a Dutch sculptor and exlibrist.
Bonaventura Alphonsus Maria (Bon) Ingen-Housz (also Bon Ingenhousz, 25 April 1881 in Breda – 16 December 1953 in Breda) was a Dutch sculptor.
Bon Ingen-Housz (also called BMA Ingen-Housz, MA Ingen-Housz, or Bon Ingenhousz or Bon Ingen Housz) came from the prominent family Ingen Housz in Breda, which mainly consisted of bankers and doctors. He received his training as a sculptor at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.
Ingen-Housz worked on several large sculpture projects in Amsterdam (Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and the Van Heutsz-Monument), in The Hague and in Rotterdam. Ingen-Housz was a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1918 to 1946.
In 1908 Ingen-Housz was the winner of the Dutch Prix de Rome.
One of his students was Dirk Bus.
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Dutch sculptor (1881–1953)
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Bon Ingen-Housz was born on 25 April 1881 in Breda.
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Bon Ingen-Housz died on 16 December 1953 in Breda.
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Bon Ingen-Housz was a sculptor and exlibrist.
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Bon Ingen-Housz was Dutch.
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