Marie Collart-Henrotin (5 December 1842 – 8 October 1911) was a Belgian artist who mainly painted landscapes and animals.[1]
Marie Collart-Henrotin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marie Collart 5 December 1842 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 8 October 1911 (aged 68) Sardinia, Italy |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse |
Edmond Henrotin (m. 1871) |
Biography
editShe was born in Brussels. Collart was primarily self-taught as an artist, but benefited from the advice of Alfred Verwee, Léonce Chabry and the art dealer and critic Arthur Stevens. 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][2] 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.[3]
Collart died at Nebida in Sardinia at the age of 68.[2]
Her work is included in the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Gubin, Eliane (2006). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). pp. 118–19, with errors. ISBN 2873864346.
- ^ a b Marie Collart, 1842-1911 : sa vie, son oeuvre (in French). J.-E. Goossens. 1900.
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Collart, Marie". Dictionnaire des peintres belges (in French).
External links
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