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.. What I made here up to now [Paris, 1920] is not very special. Only a painting of my head and Eddy [her son Edgar] with it - including houses and r… - Charley Toorop
" ".. What I made here up to now [Paris, 1920] is not very special. Only a painting of my head and Eddy [her son Edgar] with it - including houses and roofs on the background - has something of what I intend to.. ..but one thing I know now for sure. That I was shocked by the [her own] paintings I received here from Holland, for example the old man I painted. It is perhaps the best thing I ever made, but what a distress all together. I want everything gradually becoming more clear. And I want to make happy, radiant things at any cost. I mean inwardly radiant and tight and silent. I really believe this will come.. .Back home again I shall study and start from the bottom again; very simple things - study flowers, hands and people's faces and learn how to paint and draw well. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
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About Charley Toorop
Charley Toorop (Katwijk, 24 March, 1891 - Bergen, 5 November, 1955) was a Dutch painter famous for her many characteristic portraits and self-portraits with wide-open eyes. She was the daughter of painter Jan Toorop and mother of the painter Edgar Fernhout.
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C. Fernhout-Toorop
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Annie Caroline Pontifex Toorop
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Charley Fernhout
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Charley Fernhout-Toorop
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(original Dutch: citaat van Charley Toorop's brief, in het Nederlands:) Later, toen F. [Henk Fernhout, haar vroegere man, tot c. 1916-17; hij was alcoholicus] meer en meer uit huis was, meer en meer geschilderd, m'n eigen apart leven – behoud ook van mijn zenuewen (die overigens al lang kapot waren).
The new artist-society will consist of painters, sculptors and architects. The founders don’t intend that the character of the union will be determined by one single art movement. They believe that there is room for every important expression of this period and they intend the new union as a gathering place for the best young artists, who will collectively determine the character of the society. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)
Eerlijk gezegd heb ik hartgrondig het land aan de moderne Duitsche kunst [ze bedoelt de ].. ..Ik vind dat geen kunst. 't Is Journalistiek. Als je een ding van Braque ziet, daar zit kultuur in. Ja, interessant is 't [de Duitse moderne kunst], maar interessant is een akelig woord; dat is nou juist een woord, dat op die kunst past, vooral op . Die menschen groeien niet. Ze gaan dadelijk alles systematiseeren. Hun intellect zit hen in de weg.
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