.Now nicely going on to work [painting] and much more free, and in particular more flowing. I hope to grow away from that rigid stuff. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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In a letter to her son Eddy Fernhout, 7 Feb. 1939; as cited Charlie Toorop – Leven en Werken, Nico J. Brederoo; Meulenhoff/Landshoff, (ISBN 90 290 8142 2), 1985, p. 133 | she wrote this remark shortly after having finished the large portrait-painting 'Portretgroep H.P. Bremmer en zijn vrouw met kunstenaars uit hun tijd', she painted in 1936-38

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.Now nicely going on to work [painting] and much more free, and in particular more flowing. I hope to grow away from that rigid stuff. (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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