Cornélie Caroline "Cox" van Asch van Wijck was born in
Arnhem, the daughter of Jonkheer (Lord)
:nl:Hubert van Asch van Wijck (1867–1935) and Gravin (Countess) "Wim" Wilhelmina Philippina van Limburg Stirum (1873–1941). She was the fourth of five children: Constance "Conny", Maurits "Maus", Cecilius "Cecil", Cornélie "Cox" and Wilhelmina Adolphina "Dolph". Cox was named for her Aunt the Christian evangelist, Countess Cornelia van Limburg Stirum, founder of the
Christian School for Girls in Arnhem (
Christelijke Meisjesschool) later renamed the
Limburg Stirumschool. In early 1914, the family travelled to Suriname. Cox and her two brothers Maus and Cecil were sent to San Francisco for their studies. Cox attended the
Anna Head School for Girls in
Berkeley, California. She was the Art Editor of the yearbook and had the ambition to become an artist. In 1925 Cox created a
bas-relief for her former headmistress Mary Elizabeth Wilson. On 2 February 1919, Miss Cornelia van Asch van Wyck appears with Dutch Consul van Coenen Torchiana in the
San Francisco Chronicle, Society Section. The occasion is a reception for Dutch Naval Officers. Later that year Cox returned to the Netherlands in company of her father. In 1921 Cox was in England where she nearly got engaged to her cousin Graaf (Count) Constantijn Willem Limburg Stirum (1900–1976) before the family intervened. Back in the Netherlands Cox pursued her schooling in the arts with the sculptor
Toon Dupuis, the docent at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in
the Hague (
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten). C. C. van Asch van Wijck became an active member of the 1920s Hague (Den Haag) artist community both as a model and as a sculptor. Cox modeled for the artists of her day such as the French painter and pastelist , the sculptor and her Professor
Toon Dupuis, and
Piet van der Hem. On 7 August 1930, Cox married Hendrik Gerard Johan "Henri" Völcker, Heer van Soelen en den Aldenhaag (Zutphen 16 October 1891,
Utrecht 18 December 1955), Henri was the
Lord Protector (
heer beschermer) of the village of
Zoelen a rural community in the
Betuwe only accessible by river ferries. Neither the remoteness of her new home nor her married status stopped Cox from making regular trips to The Hague, to the beach at Scheveningen, to Leerdam, to Gouda etc. either with Henri or by herself. At Soelen she set up her atelier in the gatehouse. On 18 September 1932 C.C. van Asch van Wijck gave birth to a son, Johan Adolph "Dolph" Völcker, Heer van Soelen en den Aldenhaag, Oud and Niew Hinklenoord whom she named for her youngest sister. She did not survive the birth, and died in
Zoelen. She was laid to rest in the Church cemetery of the Reformed Church (
Hervormde kerk) of Zoelen in presence of the whole village and all its notables, as well as many friends and relatives, two carriages were needed for the wreaths alone. After the benediction "The Lord Völcker van Soelen thanked all present for the extraordinary large turnout and, turning to the grave, he said the words: 'Farewell, darling treasure, who was my everything'". ("
De Heer Völcker van Soelen dankte al de aanwezigen voor de buitengewoon groote belangstelling en richtte zich tot het graf met de woorden: Vaarwel, dierbare schat, die alles voor mij was.") File:Cox_with_brothers_and_Grand_Father.jpg|
Cox C. C. van Asch van Wijck with her brothers and Grandfather Constantijn Willem van Limburg Stirum (1837–1905) File:Cox_mariée_7_aout_1930_à_Gorssel.jpg|Wedding day Gorssel, 7 August 1930 File:Cox,_Hendrik_Gerard_Johan_Volcker,_Eduard_Constant_Karel_Volcker,_Ms_?.jpg|Cox with her husband
Henri Hendrik Gerard Johan Völcker van Soelen, her Father in Law Eduard Constant Karel Völcker, and Ms ? File:Poort_of_Kasteel_Soelen.jpg|Gatehouse of Kasteel Soelen where C.C. van Asch van Wijck had her atelier 1930–1932 File:C._C._van_Asch_van_Wijck_funeral.jpg|C. C. van Asch van Wijck funeral, clipping from the Tielse Courant, 22 September 1932. ==Works==