charley toorop beemster bloeiende boom Gustav Klimt Every colour and every detail

Every colour and every detail is precisely knitted into the sock

Kandinsky glaubte fest daran

Kandinsky believed colours could trigger feelings

menschliche Emotionen festzuhalten

charley toorop beemster bloeiende boom Gustav Klimt Every colour and every detailWhite blossoms unfold against a clear blue Beemster sky. Charley Toorop captured the small miracle of spring here the moment when nature awakens after winter. But as with all her work, it is not just about what you see. Toorop sought personal symbolism in everything she painted. This blossoming tree in the Beemster polder is both realistic and laden with meaning. The way she treats the light and the blossoms, her characteristic coarse paint treatment