Marie Collart-Henrotin (1842 - 1911)
1842-12-05Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium1911-10-08ItalyBelgium, Italy
Marie Collart-Henrotin
Marie Collart-Henrotin was a Belgian artist who mainly painted landscapes and animals. Collart was primarily self-taught as an artist. 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. She became the first women to be named a Chevalier in the Belgian Order of Leopold in 1880. 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. Her work is included in the collections of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Date and place of birt: | 5 december 1842, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
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Date and place of death: | 8 october 1911, Italy |
Nationality: | Belgium, Italy |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter |
Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |
Art style: | Realism |
Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor |