Charley, enige dochter van Jan Toorop, was leerlinge van haar vader en kreeg in 1916 wat lessen van schilder en kunstpedagoog H.P. Bremmer (1871-1956). Kroller Muller collection
After an unsuccessful marriage to Henk Fernhout, with whom she had three children, Charley Toorop settled in Bergen. Painting and her artistic calling always occupied a primary position in her life. Her house ‘De Vlerken’ was a meeting place for a select circle of artistic friends, which included Piet Mondriaan, Adriaan Roland Holst and Gerrit Rietveldt…