Charley TOOROP (Annie Caroline PONTIFEX FERNHOUT-TOOROP , dite)

Dutch painter.

[ KATWIJK 1891 – BERGEN 1955 ]

Domain :

ARTS

Geographical area :

EUROPE

Pays-Bas

Author : Marie GISPERT

Under the direction of : Marie-Laure BERNADAC

Daughter of the famous Dutch symbolist painter Jan Toorop, Charley Toorop was trained by her father. Wishing to become a professional painter from the age of 18, she was in contact with many artists, including Piet Mondrian, Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876-1923), and Jan Sluyters...

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Bibliography

■ Charley Toorop : vooral geen principes ! (catalogue d’exposition), Bosma M. (dir.), Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 2008.

■ STIGHELEN K. van der, WESTEN M. (dir.), À chacun sa grâce : femmes artistes en Belgique et aux Pays-Bas, 1500-1950 (catalogue d’exposition), Gand/Paris, Ludion/Flammarion, 1999 ; BREDEROO N. J., Charley Toorop, leven en werken, Amsterdam, Meulenhoff/Landshoff, 1982.