Adri Bleuland van Oordt

Adri Bleuland van Oordt
Adriana Maria Hendrika Bleuland van Oordt
Born	(1862-06-05)5 June 1862 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	21 October 1944(1944-10-21) (aged 82) Hilversum
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
Notable work	Portrait of Queen Wilhelmina

Adri Bleuland van Oordt was a Dutch artist and draftswoman who was active from around 1877 until her death in 1944.

Biography

Adriana Maria Hendrika Bleuland van Oordt (known as Adri Bleuland van Oordt) was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 5 June 1862 to Guilhelmina Catharina Arnoudina Hoogwerff and Jan Bleuland van Oordt. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1884 to 1889.

Bleuland van Oordt painted portraits, still life images, figures, fruit, and scenes, including with pastels, oil paint, chalk and watercolors. She portrayed Queen Wilhelmina in 1899 as well as Joannes Pieter Roetert Tak van Poortvliet around the same time.

Bleuland van Oordt was a member of the Amsterdam Artists Association of Sint Lucas. As a member of this association, her work was regularly exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum. In addition to her work as a visual artist, Bleuland van Oordt was active in the women's rights movement and obtaining women's suffrage. During the First World War she receivedBelgian refugees. Her sister Johanna Bleuland van Oordt was also a published artist.

Bleuland van Oordt died in Hilversum on 21 October 1944.

Well known works

• Portrait of Wilhelmina van Oranje- Nassau (1880–1962)
• Portrait of Joannes Pieter Roetert Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904)
• Portrait of Christina Louisa Henrietta Geertruida van Oordt (1850–1897)
• Portrait of Daniël de Lange (1841–1918)
• Two Girls in Regional Costume (1910)

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  Portrait of Wilhelmina van Oranje- Nassau (1880–1962)
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  Portrait of Joannes Pieter Roetert Tak van Poortvliet (1839–1904)
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  Portrait of Christina Louisa Henrietta Geertruida van Oordt (1850–1897)
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  Portrait of Daniel de Lange (1841–1918)
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  Two Girls in Regional Costume (1910)