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.
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| 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.
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| Aan de toog/At the bar, 1933 |
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| Boeren/Farmers, 1930 |
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| Muzikanten en dansende boeren/Musicians and dancing farmers, 1927 |
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