Jan Toorop

Jan Toorop, born in colonial Indonesia, became a Dutch Symbolist master, blending Javanese motifs with Art Nouveau flair.

ABOUT

Johannes Theodorus "Jan" Toorop, born in Purworejo, Java, in the Dutch East Indies in 1858, journeyed from his Indonesian childhood to become one of the Netherlands' most distinctive artists. After moving to the Netherlands in 1869, he pursued art studies in Amsterdam, eventually joining the avant-garde artist groups L'Essor and Les XX in Brussels. During these formative years, Toorop experimented with a range of styles, from Realism and Impressionism to Neo-Impressionism an…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Head of an Old Man (study) 1882 · Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) Selfportrait 1883 · Van Gogh Museum Le déjeuner de l'artiste 1885 · Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Woman_in_White 1885 · Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) The Good Drink 1885 · Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Portrait of Annie Hall 1885 · Rijksmuseum

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

William Degouve de NuncquesSymbolism James EnsorLes XX (The Twenty)

Influenced

Piet MondrianDomburg Art Colony Charley TooropDutch Modernism Edgar FernhoutDutch Modernism