{"id":8813,"date":"2024-07-02T23:48:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8813"},"modified":"2024-07-02T23:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T23:48:16","slug":"dutch-avant-garde-painter-jacqueline-de-jong-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8813","title":{"rendered":"Dutch avant-garde painter Jacqueline de Jong dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dutch painter Jacqueline de Jong, known for her contributions to figuration in painting and her role in the European avant-garde Situationist movement, died in Amsterdam on Saturday, June 29 at the age of 85. The cause of death was metastatic liver cancer, the artist\u2019s New York-based gallery Ortuzar Projects confirmed.<\/p>\n

De Jong was born in 1939 into a Jewish artistic family in Hengelo, the Netherlands, just months before the outbreak of World War II. Fearing the consequences of the German invasion of the Netherlands, the family went into hiding, and Jacqueline and her mother soon fled to Zurich, where they were temporarily separated due to lack of accommodation. After the war, De Jong returned to her homeland in 1946 and struggled to adapt, relearning Dutch. Her interest in the arts, especially acting, was sparked when she was a displaced little girl and solidified during her teenage years.<\/p>\n

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