Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits
Dutch Artist
Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits | |
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Born | (1867-10-21)21 October 1867 Leiden, Netherlands |
Died | 27 January 1941(1941-01-27) (aged 73) Leiden, Netherlands |
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Illustration, Painting |
Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits (1867-1941) was a Dutch botanical illustrator.[1]
Biography
Pavord Smits was born on 21 October 1867 in Leiden, Netherlands.[2] She attended the Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. She studied with Jan Philip Koelman, Willem van der Nat [nl], Timotheus Wilhelmus Ouwerkerk [nl], and Mathilde Frederika Wilhelmina Tonnet.[3] She worked as an illustrator for the journal "Flora Batava" and the Rijksherbarium te Leiden (National Herbarium of the Netherlands).
Pavord Smits died on 27 January 1941, in Leiden.[2]
Gallery
- Tulipa linifolia Regel
- Mushrooms in the Woods
References
External links
- Media related to Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits at Wikimedia Commons