A.C.P. (CHARLEY) TOOROP 1891 Katwijk - 1955 Bergen Sea with Sandbank
Oil / Canvas: 80,5 x 100 cm
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Charley Toorop’s Sea with Sandbank reveals her early effort to develop a unique artistic style, separate from her renowned father Jan Toorop. Growing up near the sea, she depicted the coastal landscape as a nearly abstract spiral of water and sand, using cool tones and rhythmic, hatched brushstrokes. Created during a challenging period following her daughter’s birth and her marriage's breakdown, the painting was exhibited in 1916 with the artists’ group Het Signaal. It highlights Toorop’s quest for a spiritually meaningful portrayal of reality.
Width: 100 cm
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Charley Toorop; Vooral geen principes!, 27 sept. 2008 - 18 jan. 2009, no. 4
Parijs, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, Charley Toorop, 19 feb. - 9 mei 2010, no. 3
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen, Naar Zee, 15 juni - 2 sept. 2012, no. 76
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, “Charley Toorop; Vooral geen principes!”, Rotterdam, 2009, p. 34, 178, no. 4 (afb.)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville Paris, “Charley Toorop”, Parijs, 2010, p. 124, no. 3 (afb.)
Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen, “Naar Zee”, Haarlem, 2012,. p. 54, no. 76, afb.
Over A.C.P. (CHARLEY) TOOROP
Charley Toorop was born on 24 March 1891 in Katwijk aan Zee, the daughter of the artist Jan Toorop and the Englishwoman Annie Hall. Before committing to the visual arts around 1910, she studied the violin and voice. In 1912, she married the philosopher Henk Fernhout, with whom she had three children, including the painter Edgar Fernhout and the filmmaker John Fernhout. The marriage was formally dissolved in 1924. Toorop's early work was shaped by Expressionism and the Der Blaue Reiter movement. Since 1916, she has been a member of the artists' group Het Signaal and is associated with the Bergen School, characterised by emphatic lines and bold colour contrasts. In 1926, she moved to Amsterdam, where her painting was influenced by cinema: frontal, isolated figures, as though lit by lamps on a film set. Her still lifes show an affinity with Synthetic Cubism. From the 1930s onwards, she developed a powerful, expressively realist style, depicting portraits, self-portraits, nudes, and socially engaged subjects. Toorop was a central figure in the Dutch art world. Her house, De Vlerken in Bergen, commissioned by her father in 1921, became a gathering place for artists, musicians, and writers. She co-founded initiatives such as the ASB and the Filmliga, and maintained friendships with Piet Mondriaan and Bart van der Leck. Her most significant work, Three Generations (1941–1950, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen), depicts herself, her father, and her son, Edgar. Charley Toorop died on 5 November 1955 in Bergen. Her work is held in the foremost Dutch public collections, with the Kröller-Müller Museum alone holding over forty of her paintings.
