Corrie Boellaard Explained

Corrie Boellaard
Birth Date:6 February 1869
Birth Place:Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Death Place:Laren, The Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Education:Académie Julian
Field:Painter

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

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,, who also acted as her teacher. He died prematurely in 1903. Four years later, she remarried; to, an obstetrician and Professor at Amsterdam University.

She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the .[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.

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Notes and References

  1. Nederland's Patriciaat 76 (1992), pp. 63-64.
  2. Pieter A. Scheen (1969) Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950. 's-Gravenhage: Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen N.V. Volume 1, p. 112.
  3. http://www.artindex.nl/noordholland/default.asp?id=6&num=0979901719022030193160017007840940501351 ARTindex: Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard