Liesbeth Brandt Corstius (8 November 1940 – 12 August 2022) was a Dutch art historian, feminist and museum director.
[Liesbeth Brandt Corstius (1940-2022), onvermoeibaar wegbereider voor vrouwelijke kunstenaars]
de Volkskrant
''de Volkskrant'' (; ''The People's Paper'') is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...
, 15 August 2022
Brandt Corstius became director of the
Museum Arnhem
Museum Arnhem (formerly known as Gemeentemuseum Arnhem and then Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem) is a museum of modern art, contemporary art, applied art and design in Arnhem, Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_m ...
. From the year of her appointment she changed the policy of reserving at least half of the purchases and presentations for female artists. On 8 March 1994, Brandt Corstius received the (Aletta Jacobs prize) for her commitment to female artists. From 1996 she was involved in the expansion of the museum that was opened in 2000.
de Gelderlander, 15 August 2022
Brandt Corstius died in Arnhem on 12 August 2022, aged 81.
References
1940 births
2022 deaths
Dutch art historians
Women art historians
20th-century Dutch historians
21st-century Dutch historians
Directors of museums in the Netherlands
Women museum directors
People from Utrecht (city)
{{Netherlands-historian-stub