Charlotte van Pallandt
Charlotte van Pallandt | |
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Born | Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands | 24 September 1898
Died | 30 July 1997 Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands | (aged 98)
Nationality | Dutch |
Education | Ealing School of Art |
Occupations |
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Spouse |
Joachim Adolph Zeyger
(m. 1919; div. 1924) |
Awards | Order of Orange-Nassau (1963) |
Charlotte van Pallandt (24 September 1898 – 30 July 1997) was a Dutch painter and sculptor.
Biography
She was born in Arnhem to a wealthy family of Dutch nobility, and grew up in Schaarsbergen with her three sisters and brother.[1] In 1910 her older sister died of peritonitis and her family moved to the Hague in 1913 and sent her to a boarding school in London, where she studied at the Ealing School of Art.[1] When she returned to The Hague she continued her drawing lessons with the painter Albert Roelofs and became a member of the Pulchri Studio.[2] On 18 September 1919 she married Joachim Adolph Zeyger, count of Regteren Limpurg and settled with him in Bern, though they divorced in 1924.[1]
After her divorce she moved to Lausanne and traveled with a friend to Paris, where she became a pupil of
Career
She is known for her portraits, which are mostly busts. In 1958 she was one of the Dutch representatives to the
She died in Noordwijk. The "Charlotte van Pallandt-prijs", awarded by the Charlotte van Pallandt Foundation, is a yearly prize for promising young sculptors.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Charlotte Dorothée van Pallandt on biography portal of Gelderland
- ^ RKD
- ^ Charlotte van Pallandt and Kees Verwey: from one country estate to another on Codart
External links
Website about Charlotte van Pallandt, made by the Charlotte van Pallandt Foundation: https://www.charlottevanpallandtfoundation.com