What is Liesbeth Brandt Corstius?
{{Infobox person | name = Liesbeth Brandt Corstius | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|11|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|12|1940|11|8|df=y}} | death_place = [[Arnhem]], Netherlands | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = art historian and museum director | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Liesbeth Brandt Corstius''' (8 November 1940 – 12 August 2022) was a Dutch art historian, feminist and museum director.<ref>[https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/kenden-wij-vrouwelijke-kunstenaars-nee-we-konden-er-niet-een-noemen~bdd5eab3/ ‘Kenden wij vrouwelijke kunstenaars? Nee, we konden er niet één noemen’], [[de Volkskrant]], 15 August 2022</ref><ref name=auto>[https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/liesbeth-brandt-corstius-1940-2022-onvermoeibaar-wegbereider-voor-vrouwelijke-kunstenaars~bfac7a1d/ Liesbeth Brandt Corstius (1940-2022), onvermoeibaar wegbereider voor vrouwelijke kunstenaars], [[de Volkskrant]], 15 August 2022</ref> Brandt Corstius became director of the [[Museum Arnhem]]. 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 {{ill|Aletta Jacobsprijs|nl}} (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.<ref name=auto /><ref>[https://www.gelderlander.nl/arnhem-e-o/liesbeth-brandt-corstius-zette-de-deuren-open-voor-br-vrouwen-in-museum-arnhem~a3eebe62/ Liesbeth Brandt Corstius zette de deuren open voor vrouwen in Museum Arnhem], de Gelderlander, 15 August 2022</ref> Brandt Corstius died in Arnhem on 12 August 2022, aged 81.<ref name=auto /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt Corstius, Liesbeth}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Art historians]] [[Category:Dutch historia