"The simple natural form doesnt exist for the new artist; there is only a expressive one.. .But is is more difficult to see the natural in images than to listen to only abstract impressions. To be part of the cosmic means to include the recognition of the natural element that leads to seeing in a spirited way. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Annie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop, known as Charley Toorop, was a Dutch painter and lithographer.
"The Paris public will initially stare surprised at these expressions of a heavy and gloomy passion.. ..where the Frenchman must first and foremost be struck by the absence of anything specifically considered as feminine and - [what] is not unfamiliar to many male artists: coquetry.. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop"1. Never knock on doors, or even worse - to open closed doors, 2. always on time for dinner, 3. Do not mess up, 4. never unwashed at the table. Everything else was allowed. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop"There is too much method, too much cliché in the work. One knows nowadays in advance what one will see in a portrait of Charley Toorop. The wide-eyed gaze; the forced colors in the face; the painting of the flesh like carved wood and polychromed; the merciless contour of the hair against the background; the cloddy-like enlargements and intensifications, they dont surprise for long and dont convince us anymore. translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop"It is always the same: a struggle between making love and working. Together, that is almost impossible - at least for me; struggle between being a woman and creating art. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop"Later, when F. [Henk Fernhout, her former husband, until c. 1916-17; he was an alcoholic] was more and more from home, I painted more and more, [I built] my own individual life - also saving my nerves (which were broken for a long time already). (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop"We can often characterize the painting art of Charley Toorop as Veristic. She is an Expressionist who wants to be un-expressionistic with an expressionist passion, as indeed many Vérists do. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
Charley Toorop