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Jacqueline jong biography
Jacqueline de Jong
Dutch painter, sculptor and graphic artist (1939–2024)
In this Dutch name, the surname is de Jong, not Jong.
Jacqueline Beatrice de Jong (3 February 1939 – 29 June 2024) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and graphic artist.
Biography
Early life and escape (1939–1957)
De Jong was born in the Dutch town of Enschede, where her father, Hans, owned a lace and stocking factory.[1] She grew up in Hengelo, with her Jewish parents.
Faced with the German invasion of the Netherlands, they went into hiding. After an abortive escape attempt to England, her father Hans remained in Amsterdam while her mother, Alice de Jong-Weil and she made for Switzerland, accompanied by the Dutch painter Max van Dam.
At the border they were captured by the French police, but just as they were about to be deported to the Drancy internment camp, they were rescued by the resistance, who helped them over the border.[2] When they returned to the Netherlands f