The Meal Among Friends

Charley Toorop (in 1932 - 1933)

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Since when is it part of the collection?
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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.

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Title	The Meal Among Friends
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is travelling

Dimensions	Width 200 cm Height Error: 129,5 is not a valid BCD value cm
Artists	Painter: Charley Toorop
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) Groepsportretten vrouwelijke kunstenaars (werktitel) (2024)
Material	Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe
Place of manufacture	Bergen > North Holland > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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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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