Corrie Boellaard
Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard, known as Corrie (6 February 1869, Nijmegen - 29 November 1934, Laren) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist. She was also referred to as "Corrie Rink-Boellaard" and "Corrie Treub-Boellaard".
Biography
[edit]Boellaard was born into a prominent Dutch family, with numerous members in government and the military. Her father, Jan Willem Boellaard (1830-1923), was a military officer and landowner in Herwijnen who served as an adjutant to Queen Wilhelmina.[1]
She studied with Gerard Overman (1855-1906) in Amsterdam, then with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian in Paris.[2] In 1899, she married the painter, Paul Rink , who also acted as her teacher. He died prematurely in 1903. Four years later, she remarried; to Hector Treub , an obstetrician and Professor at Amsterdam University.
She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas .[3] She exhibited at the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid 1898 (National Exhibition of Women's Labor), De Vrouw 1813–1913 (The Woman) and the Exhibition of Living Masters.
References
[edit]- ^ Nederland's Patriciaat 76 (1992), pp. 63-64.
- ^ Pieter A. Scheen (1969) Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950. 's-Gravenhage: Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen N.V. Volume 1, p. 112.
- ^ ARTindex: Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard
Further reading
[edit]- Bep de Boer (2005) "Het land van Mauve : Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard" in Kwartaalbericht, of the Historische Kring Laren, nr. 93 (2005-3), pp.10-11.
External links
[edit]Media related to Corrie Boellaard at Wikimedia Commons