Painter, draughtsman, illustrator and teacher, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, who studied at Royal Academy of Visual Arts, The Hague, 1962–4 and B-TEC printmaking, Chelsea & Kensington College, London in 2001. Hanselaar painted and travelled extensively in Europe, Central Asia and the Far East. Teaching included Central and St Martin’s Schools of Art, 1987–8; lectures at Sotheby’s Institute from 1989; and in China from 1993 -1995 at South West Teaching University, Chonqing, Ch. Hanselaar had a great interest in the European Expressionist tradition, reflected in her own figurative work and unusual palette. German painters such as Beckmann, Dix, Lüpertz and Fetting influenced work which from 1991 was “involved with themes of the human condition such as ageing, fear, a search for identity in our make-believe world and my anger and rebellion against soulless social behaviour I portray this with a sense of compassion and humour”.