Charlotte van Pallandt

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Charlotte van Pallandt
Pallandt c. 1938
Born(1898-09-24)24 September 1898
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Died30 July 1997(1997-07-30) (aged 98)
Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
EducationEaling School of Art
Occupations
  • Painter
  • sculptor
Spouse
Joachim Adolph Zeyger
(m. 1919; div. 1924)
AwardsOrder of Orange-Nassau (1963)
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
in 1977

Charlotte van Pallandt (24 September 1898 – 30 July 1997) was a Dutch painter and sculptor.

Biography

Nude ("Truus-beeldje") with an appel, 1957

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

Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau and in 1968 her portrait of Queen Wilhelmina was unveiled in Rotterdam, which was later reordered for The Hague and Museum de Fundatie in Heino.[1]
In 1973 she was honored again with the title "Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau".

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

External links

Website about Charlotte van Pallandt, made by the Charlotte van Pallandt Foundation: https://www.charlottevanpallandtfoundation.com