This is a group portrait of Charley Toorop's circle of friends. From top to bottom and left to right: a sculpture by John Raedecker, Edgar Fernhout, Rachel Fernhout Pellecaan, John Raedecker, Annie Raedecker, Gerrit Rietveld, Kocki Raedecker, Wim Oepts, Annie Fernhout, Pyke Koch, John Fernhout, Adriaan Roland Holst, Charley Toorop and Eva Besnyö.
Toorop often organised dinner parties at her house in Bergen. This is not an actual assembly of guests, but a selection of her artist friends: painters, sculptors, a poet, a photographer and her children.
Specifications
| Title | The Meal Among Friends |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 200 cm Height 129,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Charley Toorop
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| Accession number | 2045 (MK) |
| Credits | Gift Mrs Th. J. Hintzens’ Jacob, Miss Dr. J. Hintzen, Jacob Mees, H.P. Bremmer, H. Nijgh and Jhr M.R. Radermacher Schorer, 1935 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1935 |
| Creation date | in 1932 - 1933 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Vooral geen principes! Charley Toorop (2008) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
'Charley Toorop' (2010) Vereeuwigd, 1913-2013 (2013) De wereld van Pyke Koch (2017) De Toorop Dynastie (2019) The Roaring Twenties (2021) Nieuwe Kaders (2020) Vrouwen in de Schutterszaal (2024) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Bergen > North Holland > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Charley Toorop
Katwijk aan Zee 1891 - Bergen 1955
As a self-taught artist, Charley Toorop developed a highly personal, robust painting style. She mostly painted portraits, such as the monumental canvas ‘Three...
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