The Kröller-Müller Museum is hosting an exhibition on Charley Toorop, an early 20th-century Dutch female painter who drew significant inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh. Spanning from May to September, the exhibit features 60 of Toorop’s works, particularly highlighting her 1924 portraits of patients at Utrecht's Willem Arntsz Medical Asylum, reflecting on shared experiences with Van Gogh's life. Toorop's approach reveals an empathy for her subjects, illustrated by her poignant portrayal of mental illness, thereby connecting her legacy with that of Van Gogh's own struggles with mental health.
Toorop's exhibition will offer 60 works detailing her profound connection to Van Gogh, particularly highlighting her portraits painted during her early 1920s period.
The exhibition emphasizes how Charley Toorop, influenced by Van Gogh, explored the lives of mental asylum patients through her poignant portraits.
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