Background
Charley Toorop was born in Katwijk. She was the daughter of January Toorop and Annie Hall.
Charley Toorop was born in Katwijk. She was the daughter of January Toorop and Annie Hall.
Her full name was Annie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop. Her son Edgar Fernhout (1912–1974) also became a painter. Her other son, John Fernhout (1913–1987), became a filmmaker, and often worked together with Joris Ivens.
As a filmmaker he sometimes used the name John Ferno.
Charley"s daughter in law was the well-known Jewish photographer Eva Besnyö (1910–2003), who married John in 1933. November 11, 2008 – April 5, 2009: "Werken op papier" - Charley Toorop (1891–1955) (prints), Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, North Holland September 27, 2008 – February 1, 2009: the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam showed her work in the exhibition "Vooral geen principes!".
September 4, 2004 – March 13, 2005: an exhibition of her work was held at the Groninger Museum in Groningen. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam Museum Kranenburgh in Bergen, North Holland Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar in Alkmaar Groninger Museum in Groningen Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands.