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Corrie Boellaard

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Corrie Boellaard
Self-portrait (1900s)
Born(1869-02-06)6 February 1869
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Died29 November 1934(1934-11-29) (aged 65)
Laren, The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainter
Spouse
Paul Rink
(m. 1899; died in 1903)
Hector Treub
(m. 1907)
Portrait of her husband, Hector Treub

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

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

She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas [nl].[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

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  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. ^ ARTindex: Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard

Further reading

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  • 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.
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