Early Life, Training and Family Born in Amsterdam on 3 May 1894, Louise Marie Loeber, known to many as Lou Loeber, grew up in a city that was rapidly changing. Her early years were shaped by the creative energy of the Dutch capital, a place that would eventually host her formal training. Between 1915 and 1918, she sought to refine her vision at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. It was within these academy walls that she began to develop the technical foundations that would support her later explorations of form and composition. After her time at the academy, Lou Loeber e…