Marie Collart

Marie Collart (December 6, 1842 – October 18, 1911) was a Belgian artist who mainly painted landscapes and animals.[1]

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, Collard 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) and in Brussels (1897).[1][2]

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.[3]

References

Gubin, Eliane (2006). Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). pp. 118–19. ISBN 2873864346.
Marie Collart, 1842-1911 : sa vie, son oeuvre (in French). J.-E. Goossens. 1900.
"Collart, Marie". Dictionnaire des peintres belges (in French).