Corrie Boellaard

• Name — Corrie Boellaard • Born — 6 February 1869 • Birthplace — Nijmegen, The Netherlands • Died — 29 November 1934 • Place of death — Laren, The Netherlands • Education — Académie Julian • Field — Painter • Illustration — Portrait of her husband, Hector Treub

Boellaard was born into a prominent Dutch family, with numerous members in government and the military. Her father, Jan Willem Boellaard (1830-1923), was a military officer and landowner in Herwijnen who served as an adjutant to Queen Wilhelmina. She studied with Gerard Overman (1855-1906) in Amsterdam, then with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1899, she married the painter, Paul Rink (painter), who also acted as her teacher. He died prematurely in 1903. Four years later, she remarried; to Hector Treub, an obstetrician and Professor at Amsterdam University. She was a member of Arti et Amicitiae and the Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas. She exhibited at the Nationale Tentoonstelling van Vrouwenarbeid 1898 (National Exhibition of Women's Labor), De Vrouw 1813–1913 (The Woman) and the Exhibition of Living Masters.