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BIRTH:
1858 TOOROP
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Born on 20 December 1858 Theodoor Jan
Toorop, Dutch Symbolist painter who died on 03 March 1928. — Dutch painter, born in Java. Studied art in Delft and Amsterdam. A grant allowed him to study in Brussels, where he came into contact with the XX group, and became a member in 1885. He befriended Khnopff, Ensor and de Groux. In 1886, he met Whistler in London. He discovered the Pre-Raphaelites and William Morris' views on art and socialism. In 1890 he developed his own version of Symbolism using elements of a Javanese aesthetic. Met Péladan in 1892. In 1905 converted to Catholicism. His themes thereafter became religious and even mystic. His style simplified and he adopted a technique close to Pointillisme, which he put at the service of a fragmentation of the surface of the painting at poles from the measured unity to which Seurat aspired. These fragmentary surfaces relate Toorop to Expressionism. — O grave, where is thy Victory (1892, 62x76cm) _ Two angels are removing thorns from a corpse coveted by the forces of Evil, on the right. The curved lines express good, the broken lines evil. — Poster for Delftsche Slaolie, (1894) — The Sea (1887) — The Seduction (1886, 67x77cm) — Les Calvinistes de Catwijck (1891; 68x78cm) Also known as Hell and Doubt or Old Superstitious Dreamers. — The Young Generation (1892) — Le Passeur d'eau (1895) _ A book illustration for the poem of Émile Verhaeren (21 May 1855 – 27 Nov 1916). |
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