Bertha thoe Schwartzenberg

Schwartzenberg was born on 8 January 1891 in Rothenburg. She studied with Joseph Mendes da Costa. She was married to fellow artist Klaas Koster (painter) [nl] (1885–1969).^[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] She was a member of the Arti et Amicitiae, the Kunstenaarsvereniging Laren-Blaricum [nl] (Artists association Laren-Blaricum), the Nederlandse Kring van Beeldhouwersand [nl] (Dutch Circle of Sculptors), and the Vereniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars Hilversum (Association of Visual Artists Hilversum).^[1]

Schwartzenberg died in 1993 at Hilversum at the age of 102.^[3]

• image of Schwartzenberg's work at ArtNet