Bon Ingen-Housz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bon Ingen-Housz

Dutch sculptor

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1881

Place of Birth: Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1953

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Bonaventura Alphonsus Maria (Bon) Ingen-Housz (also Bon Ingenhousz, Breda, April 25, 1881 - Breda, December 16, 1953) 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