Margaretha (Margot) Hudig-Heldring

Margot Hudig-Heldring was a sculptor who made her name primarily with her expressive bronze sculptures. Margot Hudig-Heldring was born in 1919 to Dutch parents who had recently emigrated to the United States. In 1925, however, the family moved back to the Netherlands.
She studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, under the guidance of Jan Bronner. Her education was temporarily interrupted by the Second World War (partly due to a lack of coal for heating).

During the war, she made her way through Europe and eventually to the United States, where she worked in New York and came into contact with sculptural movements and artists such as Alexander Archipenko.

After the war, she returned to the Netherlands, continued her work, and devoted herself to creating sculptures, primarily in bronze. In 1947, she married Jan Engelchor, with whom she had a son and a daughter; after their divorce, she married A.W.F. Hudig in 1971.
Margot was most appreciated for her bronze sculptures.
From 1996 onwards, she expanded her range of materials to include stone and alabaster.

Her work can be found in various public and private collections. For example, in Bloemendaal, there is a sculpture entitled "Reclining Foal" from 2002, signed "margot hudig."

Other works such as horses in a rearing pose can also be seen in venues such as the Rosa Spier Huis and the Stichtse Hof.