Maasgezicht bij avond, Rotterdam

Details

Charley Toorop (1891-1955)
Maasgezicht bij avond, Rotterdam
signed 'C. Toorop' (lower right), and signed again and inscribed 'Rotterdam' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
80 x 100 cm.
Executed in 1926

Provenance

Kunstzaal Van Lier, Amsterdam

Literature

Nico J. Brederoo, Charley Toorop, Utrecht 1982, no. 202 (ill.)

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Stedelijke tentoonstelling van kunstwerken van levende meesters in het Stedelijk Museum van Amsterdam, 1927, no. 33
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Goudstikker, C. Toorop en W. Demeter, 1933, no. 14 (?)

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Lot Essay

In 1926 Charley Toorop made several paintings with subjects inspired by the industry and social life of Rotterdam. In these years she developed a friendship wiht J.J.P. Oud and it is very likely that she stayed with him for a while. In a letter to H.P. Bremmer from March 1926 she mentioned a sejour in Rotterdam. There are five monumental paintings from that year depicting the harbour of Rotterdam. Besides the lifeliness of the Maas she was also attracted to subjects as interiors, cafes and music halls. (Brederoo, op.cit, p. 199-203)

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