Charlotte Mutsaers

• Birth Name — Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers • Born — 2 November 1942 • Birthplace — Utrecht, Netherlands • Occupation — Painter, teacher, essayist, novelist • Language — Dutch • Education — Gerrit Rietveld Academy • Awards — Constantijn Huygens Prize (2000) P. C. Hooft Award (2010) • Website — www.charlottemutsaers.nl

Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers was born on 2 November 1942 in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of the art historian Barend Mutsaers who worked at Utrecht University. She attended a gymnasium and studied Dutch in Amsterdam. Subsequently, she became a teacher at an institute of higher vocational education. In the evenings she studied painting and printmaking at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. After her graduation she became a teacher at that institution. She remained an art teacher for over ten years. As an artist she makes paintings, she has designed stamps, illustrated cultural magazines (Vrij Nederland) and designed book covers. She had exhibitions of her paintings at Galerie Clement (Amsterdam), in the Frans Hals Museum (Haarlem), the Museum of Modern Art (Arnhem), de Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam) and the Museum de Beyerd (Breda). She started writing when she was about 40 years old. On 2 April 2010 Dutch television broadcast a documentary De wereld van Charlotte Mutsaers (The World of Charlotte Mutsaers), directed by Suzanne Raes. In May 2010 Charlotte Mutsaers received the P.C. Hooft Award. Mutsaers is married to the Dutch specialist Jan Fontijn. They have no children. They live alternately in Amsterdam, Ostend and France. As a candidate politician she was on the list of the Party for Animals at the occasion of the Dutch elections for the House of Representatives in 2006.

The authorities additionally record the heading Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers. Her recorded language was Dutch. She married Jan Fontijn.

Charlotte Mutsaers worked in essay, performing arts, Dutch literature, Dutch painting and postage stamp design. She belonged to Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde and Academy of Arts. She worked at Amsterdam and Ostend.

• 2000 – J. Bernlef, T. Hermans et al. Fik & snik. Over Charlotte Mutsaers, schilderes en schrijfster • 2010 – Daan Cartens (ed.) Charlotte Mutsaers. Paraat met Pen en penseel