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Charley Tooropartist • painterKatwijk 1891-1955 Bergen (N.H.)

biography of Annie Caroline Pontifex 'Charley' Toorop

Charley Toorop was the gifted daughter of Jan Toorop. After having lessons from H.P. Bremmer and her father, she settled in Bergen where she developed an Expressionist style of painting. It was not the actual observation of nature that became the subject of Toorop’s paintings but her own inner world. This she expressed in highly simplified forms and animated colours. After 1920 she painted many portraits, still lifes and scenes from nature in a representational style. These are distinguished by their bright tones and sharp contrasts between light and shade, which lend the pictures an immense expressive power.


previously for salepaintings by Charley Toorop


Charley Toorop | A still life with oboe and flute, oil on canvas, 50.6 x 60.2 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1927 on the reverse

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

A still life with oboe and flute

Charley Toorop | A portrait of Nini Groenendijk, oil on canvas, 59.9 x 49.9 cm, signed l.l. and reverse and dated 1933 on the reverse

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

A portrait of Nini Groenendijk

Charley Toorop | Farmwork, Bergen, oil on canvas, 80.1 x 79.7 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1922

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

Farmwork, Bergen

Charley Toorop | Roses in Autumn, oil on panel, 31.8 x 25.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1951 on the reverse

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

Roses in Autumn

Charley Toorop | A snow-covered landscape, oil on canvas, 70.0 x 80.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1917

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

A snow-covered landscape

Charley Toorop | A colourful bouquet, oil on canvas, 34.5 x 30.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '47

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

A colourful bouquet

Charley Toorop | Een boer op het land, Bergen, oil on canvas, 80.1 x 79.7 cm, gesigneerd l.o. and gedateerd 1922

Charley Toorop

painting • previously for sale

Een boer op het land, Bergen


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