Carry van Biema
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Carry van Biema | |
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| Born | October 17, 1881 Hanover, Germany |
| Died | August 31, 1942 (aged 60) Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Poland |
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Karoline "Carry" van Biema (1881-1942) was a German artist. She is known for her work in color theory.
Biema was born on October 17, 1881 in Hanover, Germany.[1] she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague.[2] She also studied under Adolf Hölzel at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.[3]
Biema was the author of the color theory textbook Farben und Formen als lebendige Kräfte (Colors and Forms as Living Forces).[4] She lived for a time in Spain and then, in 1938, she moved to the Netherlands.[2] She was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp on August 31, 1942.[1]
Her 1920 portrait of the poet Albrecht Schaeffer is in the Sprengel Museum.[5] An example of her drawing is in the British Museum.[2]
A stolperstein in her honor is in Utrecht, Netherlands.[6]
