Jean Theodoor Toorop

Fatalism.

Garden of Sorrows

O grave, where is thy Victory

Desire and Gratification

Dode non Door Twee Vrouwen Beweend,

Jean Theodoor Toorop was born on 20 December 1858 in Purworejo, Java, Dutch East Indies. He was a descendant of a Dutch-Indonesian father and a British mother. 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. From 1882 to 1886, he lived in Brussels, where he joined Les XX (Les Vingts), a group of artists centred around James Ensor. Toorop worked in various styles during these years, such as Realism, Impressionism Neo-Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. After his marriage to an 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 own unique Symbolist style, with dynamic, unpredictable lines based on Javanese motifs, highly stylised willowy figures, and curvilinear designs. 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 in style range from highly realistic to impressionistic. Toorop died on 3 March 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands

Rise

The Sphinx

Shakuntala

Jan Toorop (Purworedjo, Java, 20 de diciembre de 1858- La Haya, Holanda, 3 de marzo de 1928) fue un pintor holandés a caballo entre el simbolismo y el modernismo. En 1872 se trasladó con su familia a Holanda y estudió en Delft y Ámsterdam. En 1880 estudió pintura en la Rijksakademie de Amsterdam. De 1882 a 1886 vivió en Bruselas, donde se unió al grupo Les XX, cuyo máximo exponente era James Ensor. Toorop, en esa época, realizó una pintura que fluctuó de estilos: realismo, impresionismo, neo-impresionismo y post-impresionismo. Se casó con una inglesa en 1886, Annie Hall, y vivió a caballo entre La Haya, Inglaterra y Bruselas. Tras 1890 también pasó temporadas en Katwijk aan Zee, pueblo marinero holandés. En esta época desarrolló su personal estilo simbólico, que conjugaba motivos javaneses y simbólicos. Sus dibujos de álamos y figuras curvilíneas fueron en parte precursores de los patrones pictóricos del art Nouveau.

Cover for Psyche

The Three Brides

Broek in Waterland