Corrie Boellaard

Cornelia Gerardina Boellaard, known as Corrie 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, was a military officer and landowner in Herwijnen who served as an adjutant to Queen Wilhelmina.
She studied with Gerard Overman in Amsterdam, then with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian in Paris. 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. She exhibited at the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid 1898, De Vrouw 1813–1913 and the Exhibition of Living Masters.