Charlotte Rulkens Explained

Charlotte Rulkens
Birth Date:1991
Birth Place:Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Occupation:Art historian, Curator, Researcher
Education:Leiden University, University of Amsterdam

Charlotte Rulkens (born 1991) is a Dutch art historian, researcher, and curator specializing in seventeenth-century Dutch art,[1] particularly the work of Rembrandt and his painting techniques, and sixteenth-century Flemish still life painting.[2] [3]

Career

She studied at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam, and thereafter, held curatorial positions at the Frick Collection and the Mauritshuis.[4] Rulkens is noted for her extensive curatorial work at the Mauritshuis in The Hague,[5] [6] [7] where she curated several notable exhibitions.[8] [9] She is a research associate at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, and has been a member of the advisory board of the Rembrandt House Museum, since 2023.[10] [11]

During her time at the Mauritshuis she played a key role in the renewal of the Prince William V Gallery, and has since, been actively involved in initiatives to engage young professionals in museum governance and decision-making processes in the Netherlands.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aftrap Rembrandtjaar: Beatrix opent expositie in Mauritshuis . 30 January 2019 . De Gelderlander . 3 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Charlotte Rulkens . CODART . August 27, 2024.
  3. Web site: Schilderij na jaren studie alsnog toegedicht aan Rembrandt . Het Parool . June 22, 2021 . September 3, 2024.
  4. Carla van de Puttelaar (27 July 2021). "Female Voices in Art: Charlotte Rulkens, Assistant Curator at the Mauritshuis, The Hague". Women in the Art World.
  5. Web site: Het Mauritshuis pronkt dit Rembrandtjaar met zijn miskopen . Trouw . January 29, 2019 . September 3, 2024.
  6. Web site: Rembrandt and the Mauritshuis . CODART . October 31, 2018 . September 3, 2024.
  7. Web site: Mauritshuis trekt meer bezoekers met minder tentoonstellingen . Algemeen Dagblad . August 19, 2019 . September 3, 2024.
  8. Web site: Met dank aan Abraham Bredius . Algemeen Dagblad . January 28, 2019 . September 3, 2024.
  9. Web site: Selvin . Claire . What Are Rembrandt's Best Works? Eight Curators Discuss Their Favorite Pieces by the Old Master . ARTnews . 10 February 2021 . 28 August 2024.
  10. Web site: Charlotte Rulkens - VU Amsterdam . Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam . 28 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Personalia . FD.nl . 13 June 2023 . 28 August 2024.
  12. Book: Rulkens, Charlotte . Rembrandt en het Mauritshuis . 2019 . Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis . 9789462622135 . 28 August 2024.
  13. Book: Slow Food. Dutch and Flemish Meal Still Lifes, 1600-1640 . 2017 . Waanders . Zwolle . 978-94-6262-117-6 . 28 August 2024 . Mauritshuis, The Hague.
  14. Book: Buvelot . Quentin . Shawe-Taylor . Desmond . Rulkens . Charlotte . Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer . 2015 . Royal Collection Trust . London . 978-1-909741-19-5 . Mauritshuis, The Hague/Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London; Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh . 28 August 2024.