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 | | In that year the painter and writer Miek Janssen, who lived in Oosterbeek, paid a visit to Toorop's studio in Nijmegen and this proved the start of a close, though somewhat controversial friendship that was to continue until his death in 1928. |
 | | It was, certainly in the beginning, a master-pupil relationship, as is also apparent from the back of the drawing that he must have sent her in 1912, or shortly after. |
 | | Toorop's involvement was not restricted to commenting on her paintings and literary work; he was also greatly inspired by her, and made the illustrations and binding designs for her collections of poetry Aan den einder (1915) Aan den bron (1916), Schaduw van den toren (1918) and her play De Wroeging (1922). |
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