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Jan Toorop
Jan Toorop

Jan Toorop

Dutch, 1858-1928
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Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' Toorop was a Dutch-Indonesian painter, who worked in various styles, including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Pointillism. His early work was influenced by the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.

Johannes Theodorus Toorop was born on 20 December 1858 in Purworejo on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). His father was Christoffel Theodorus Toorop, a civil servant, and his mother was Maria Magdalena Cooke. He was the third of five children and lived on the island of Bangka near Sumatra until he was nine years old. He was then sent to school in Batavia on Java.

In 1869 he left Indonesia for the Netherlands, where he studied in Delft and Amsterdam. In 1880 he became a student at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. He met the Belgian painter William Degouve de Nuncques in 1883 and the two shared a studio for a time and developed a strong friendship. From 1882 to 1886 he lived in Brussels where he joined Les XX (Les Vingts), a group of artists centred on James Ensor. Toorop worked in various styles during these years, such as Realism, Impressionism Neo-Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

After his marriage to Annie Hall, a British woman, in 1886, Toorop alternated his time between The Hague, England and Brussels, and after 1890 also the Dutch seaside town of Katwijk aan Zee. During this period he developed his unique Symbolist style, with dynamic, unpredictable lines based on Javanese motifs, highly stylised willowy figures, and curvilinear designs.

In the late 19th century (in 1897) Toorop lived for 20 years in a small house on the market in the seaside town Domburg, Walcheren, Zeeland. He worked with a group of fellow artists, including Marinus Zwart and Piet Mondrian. There was no joint endeavor or common style among them. Each followed his individual personality, but they sought their inspiration in "the Zeeland Light", in the dunes, forests, beaches and the characteristic Zeeland population. Toorop was the center of this group.

His 1900 novel portrait of his friend Marie Jeanette de Lange was made whilst she was not wearing fashionable (restrictive) clothing and it was in the style of Pointillism.

Thereafter he turned to Art Nouveau styles, in which a similar play of lines is used for decorative purposes, without any apparent symbolic meaning. In 1905, he converted to Catholicism and began producing religious works. He also created book illustrations, posters, and stained glass designs.

Throughout his life Toorop also produced portraits, in sketch format and as paintings, which range in style from highly realistic to impressionistic.

Toorop died on 3 March 1928 in The Hague in the Netherlands. His daughter Charley Toorop (1891–1955) was also a painter, as was his grandson Edgar Fernhout.

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Portrait of Elisabeth Le Brun

Portrait of Elisabeth Le Brun (1927)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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A Group of Laborers

A Group of Laborers (1899)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Net Menders

Net Menders (1899)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Loss of Faith

Loss of Faith (1894)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Catalogusomslag met ridder te paard

Catalogusomslag met ridder te paard (1892)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Cover Design for Louis Couperus’ Psyche

Cover Design for Louis Couperus’ Psyche (in or before 1898)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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De Anarchie

De Anarchie (1949)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Deel van de omslag van het programma van de ‘Uitvoering van Nederlandsche liederen uit het Liederboek voor Groot-Nederland’

Deel van de omslag van het programma van de ‘Uitvoering van Nederlandsche liederen uit het Liederboek voor Groot-Nederland’ (1899 - 1901)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Een arme bliksem

Een arme bliksem (1898)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Fotoreproductie aan Jenny Kraft

Fotoreproductie aan Jenny Kraft (1927)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Kale beukebomen langs een beek

Kale beukebomen langs een beek (1895)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Knielende figuur met hamer en beitel

Knielende figuur met hamer en beitel (1868 - 1928)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Kunstenares werkt naar vrouwelijk naaktmodel

Kunstenares werkt naar vrouwelijk naaktmodel (1901)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Bos met vijver en zwanen

Bos met vijver en zwanen (1895)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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O Grave, where is thy Victory

O Grave, where is thy Victory (1892)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Oude vrouw omringd door jonge vrouwen

Oude vrouw omringd door jonge vrouwen (1895)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Oude vrouw omringd door jonge vrouwen

Oude vrouw omringd door jonge vrouwen (in or after 1928)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Portraits of Albert Verwey and Stefan George

Portraits of Albert Verwey and Stefan George (1901)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Portret van Marguerite Helfrich

Portret van Marguerite Helfrich (1897)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Portret van mejuffrouw M. Snijder van Wissenkerke met op de achtergrond een weide met bomen

Portret van mejuffrouw M. Snijder van Wissenkerke met op de achtergrond een weide met bomen (1895)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Portret van Willy Timmerman

Portret van Willy Timmerman (1895)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Schets voor Panis Angelicus

Schets voor Panis Angelicus (1898)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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Twee jonge vrouwen, zwanen en een zaaiende oude man

Twee jonge vrouwen, zwanen en een zaaiende oude man (1898)

Jan Toorop (Dutch, 1858-1928)
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