Dutch sculptor Marian Gobius studied in Den Haag under Toon Dupuis, in Amsterdam, Zürich, and at the École des Beaux Arts at Paris. She lived and worked in France, Great Britain, the USA and the Netherlands. She moved to Voorburg in 1938 and became a member of several art associations. She mainly created sculptures of children and portraits, and after the war memorials for the victims of World War II. In addition, she also designed medals and plaques. She worked in plaster, terracotta, stone, wood, clay and bronze. She twice took part in the Olympic art competitions, in 1932 and 1936. Her statue Half-time shows a young lacrosse player during a break. The model was a niece of Gra Rueb. Tin Dekkers, a middleweight from Den Haag, who also took part in the 1936 Olympic Games, stood model for her Boxer, submitted in 1936.
Netherlands