| Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits | |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1867 |
| Birth Place: | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Leiden, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Education: | Royal Academy of Art, The Hague |
| Field: | Illustration, Painting |
Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits (1867-1941) was a Dutch botanical illustrator.[1]
Pavord Smits was born on 21 October 1867 in Leiden, Netherlands.[2] She attended the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She studied with Jan Philip Koelman,,, and Mathilde Frederika Wilhelmina Tonnet.[3] She worked as an illustrator for the journal "Flora Batava" and the Rijksherbarium te Leiden (National Herbarium of the Netherlands).
Pavord Smits died on 27 January 1941, in Leiden.[2]