NETTENBOETSTERS IN DE SCHADUW VAN EEN BOMSCHUIT by Jan Toorop
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NETTENBOETSTERS IN DE SCHADUW VAN EEN BOMSCHUIT 1891

Jan Toorop

PastelPencilCardboard
 62 ⨯ 73 cm
Price on request

Studio 2000 Art Gallery

  • About the artwork

    Pastel en potlood op karton
    625 x 735 mm
    Gesigneerd: rechts onder ‘Jan Toorop’

    Literatuur: Dr. Robert Siebelhoff, Arend Jan Sleyster, Jan Toorop in Katwijk, 1985, p. 56, cat. 22; Victorine Hefting, Jan Toorop, The Tokyo Shimbun, 1988; Victorine Hefting, Jan Toorop: 1858-1928, Den Haag 1989, p. 73, nr. 36; Victorine Hefting, Jan Toorop: een kennismaking, 1989, p.47 als ‘Nettenboetsers in de schaduw van een vissersboot, 1891’.

    Herkomst: Particuliere collectie, Nederland; via vererving gekregen.

    Tentoongesteld: Haags Gemeentemuseum 18 februari - 9 april 1989; Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Jan Theodoor Toorop exhibition, 20 September - 6 November 1988; Katwijks Museum, jan Toorop Katwijk in zee, 29 juni – 18 augustus 1985.
  • About the artist

    Jan (Johann Theodorus) Toorop was born on the isle of Java, Poerworedjo, in the year 1858. In 1869 his family moved to The Netherlands, where they believed Toorop could obtain better education. After a childhood of poor concentration and poor grades, Toorop applied to the Academy of Arts in Amsterdam, focussing mostly on sculpture and applied arts.

    In 1882 Toorop left for the city of Bruxelles, where he gained popularity as a member of the group Les Vingt, a group of twenty artists who would exhibit their work twice a year in February and March.

    Jan Toorop, together with Van Gogh and Mondriaan, belongs to the group of most important Dutch artists from the period around 1900. These major artists had their focus on new, international developments in art and inspired other artists themselves. Toorop can be seen as a great source of inspiration of Gustave Klimt.

    Toorop's work knows an immense popularity and is often associated with Art Nouveau, mainly because of one well-known advertisement for a certain kind of salad oil. However, Toorop's oeuvre should not be seen as Art Nouveau only. He was known as a neo-impressionist and symbolist as well, switching between styles of working and combining them in response to his environment.

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Artwork details

Category
Modern PaintingsPaintings
Subject
FishermenFishing
Style
Impressionism
Material & Technique
PastelPencilCardboard
Colour
Multicolour (>4 colours)