Marie Collart-Henrotin (5 December 1842 – 8 October 1911) was a Belgian artist who mainly painted landscapes and animals.[1]
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Born | Marie Collart (1842-12-05)5 December 1842 Brussels, Belgium |
Died | 8 October 1911(1911-10-08) (aged 68) Sardinia, Italy |
Nationality | Belgian |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse(s) | Edmond Henrotin (m. 1871) |
She was born in Brussels. Collart was primarily self-taught as an artist, but benefited from the advice of Alfred Verwee, Léonce Chabry [fr] and the art dealer and critic Arthur Stevens [nl]. 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 [it] 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]
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