"Do you remember how beautiful it was, and that silly Mondrian and those silly Buddha positions right in the middle at the beach [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906] (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)"
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(original Dutch: citaat van Charley Toorop's brief, in het Nederlands:) Weet je nog hoe mooi 't was en die malle en die malle Buddha-houdingen pal-midden op 't strand [of Domburg, Zeeland, in 1906] — In a letter to , Spring, 1907; as cited in Vooral geen principes, Marja Bosma; text-ed. Dorine Duyster; museum Boymans Van Beuningen, ISBN 978-90-6918-232-2, Rotterdam 2008, p. 24
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Charley Toorop
Charley Toorop (Katwijk, 24 March, 1891 - Bergen, 5 November, 1955) was a Dutch painter famous for her many characteristic portraits and self-portraits with wide-open eyes. She was the daughter of painter Jan Toorop and mother of the painter Edgar Fernhout.
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