The old Farmers wife
Oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm.
Signed lower right: Charley Fernhout-Toorop 1915
Painted in a period that the painter was deeply influenced by the german expressionism e.g. by Kadinsky. The flowers and vase at the right site of the painting and the total composition are a example of the style. The colors are moderate and simple. The perspective is strong by the nice projection through the window of the garden-view. There is fine contrast between the flowers and figure of the miformed woman. There is hardly no symbolism.
Provenance:
Collection F. Bremmer, 's-Gravenhage
Collection H.P. Bremmer, 's-Gravenhage
Literature:
Charley Toorop by A.M. Hammacher, list of paintings ,1952,page 108, nr. 13.
Charley Toorop by Nico J. Brederoo, Oeuvrecatalogue,page 225, nr. 28.
Exposition:
De onafhankelijken, Amsterdam, 1915, nr. 115.
Sted. Mus. Amsterdam, 1927, nr. 1.
Gem. Museum 's-Gravenhage, 18-IV 24-VI 1951, nr. 5.
Sted. Museum Amsterdam, 2-VII 30-IX 1951, nr. 5.
Sted. v. Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, 6-IX 25-XI 1951, nr. 5.
Hammer galeries, New York, 1952, nr.?
