Jacqueline de Jong, influential avant garde artist, dies at 85

Born in 1939, De Jong had a six-decade career devoted to asking questions, and her art ranged from abstract to figurative and back againJacqueline de Jong, the Dutch artist and an influential figure of the 1960s avant garde, has died at the age of 85.Known primarily for her paintings, De Jong also turned her radical outlook towards sculpture, printmaking, publishing and jewellery. Her work, which dealt with violence and eroticism – and engaged fully with the revolutionary politics of the e