| Marie Collart-Henrotin | |
| Birth Name: | Marie Collart |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Sardinia, Italy |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Field: | Painting |
Marie Collart-Henrotin (5 December 1842 - 8 October 1911) was a Belgian artist who mainly painted landscapes and animals.[1]
She was born in Brussels. Collart was primarily self-taught as an artist, but benefited from the advice of Alfred Verwee, and the art dealer and critic . She became a founding member of the Société Libre des Beaux-Arts in 1868. In 1870, she won a gold medal at the Salon des artistes français. In 1871, Collart married Edmond Henrotin, an artillery captain; he died in 1894. She became the first women to be named a Chevalier in the Belgian Order of Leopold in 1880. She won gold medals at exhibitions in Ghent (1881), in Paris and in Brussels (1897).[1] Collart exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]
Collart died at in Sardinia at the age of 68.[3]
Her work is included in the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[4]