Annelies Nelck

Annelies "Anatole" Nelck (26 July 1925 – 22 August 2014) was a French painter and engraver, of Dutch ancestry. She was known for her paintings of landscapes of the South of France, and still-lifes. Nelck had served in the 1940s as Henri Matisse's assistant, and as a model for his works.

Early life and education Annelies Nelck was born on 26 July 1925, in Nice, France, to Dutch parents from Holland (now the Netherlands). She was raised in the small town of Vence in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. She later gave herself the artist name "Anatole". Katan was part of the Dutch resistance, and tried to join Nelck in France but was intercepted and sent to Kamp Amersfoort in 1943.

Nelck belonged to the circle of the "Galerie Les Mages" founded by Alphonse Chave in Vence, and associated with artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Henri Laurens, Marc Chagall, and Pierre Bonnard. In 1950 she was invited to take part in Les Mains Éblouies exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris.

Late life, death, and legacy In 2011 she moved to Nexon, France where she remained for the last three years of her life. She died on the 22 August 2014 in Nexon. and at the Musée de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland.