Charley Toorop

While my better half was sitting studying I took a trip to Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, where and exhibition named "Bergense School & Charley Toorop" were held. There I bought the book "Charley Toorop. Vooral geen principes!" ("Without principles!") printed for the exhibition at Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam a couple of years ago.
Her life story fascinated me, the only daughter of the famous Jan Toorop, and herself also becoming a painter.

Zee met zandbank, 1916

With a turbulent marriage that ends in a divorce, she seeks refuge in painting, expressing people and buildings, but also nature in a slightly naïve but highly expressionistic and sober way.

Aan de toog/At the bar, 1933

Boeren/Farmers, 1930

Muzikanten en dansende boeren/Musicians and dancing farmers, 1927

Tropical Beach

WC decoration at the moment.

Wave stars in the water

New acrylic creation!

Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind, The British Museum

We had a weekend in London, and on the flight over by KLM I was reading through the inflight magazine onboard the plane, and came over this exhibition at The British Museum. The weather was shitty, so it was a perfect opportunity to explore a museum exhibition.

I am also at the moment reading the final book by Jean M. Auel, "The Land of Painted Caves", so it was a perfect timing to go and see these ancient artworks on display.

http://www.jeanauel.com/

It was really astonishing to see the details in the artwork, and to get an understanding of how time consuming some of these creations were.
Informative video on youtube about the exhibition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slnvRPV4Bas

One of the sculptures on display was the Lion Man (unfortunately a replica), a human shaped body with a lion head.

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ice-Age-Lion-Man-is-worlds-earliest-figurative-sculpture/28595

The Beach

My biggest acrylic painting so far, sitting on top of our "fire place".

 

 

Made it in one evening. When I got tired of nerding in front of the computer.