View of a Canal with a Sailing Ship (1907) by Jan Toorop. Original from The Rijksmuseum.
Johannes Theodorus (Jan) Toorop, also: Jean Theodor Toorop, (Poerworedjo (Dutch East Indies), 20 December 1858 – The Hague, 3 March 1928)[1] was one of the most important Dutch visual artists from the period 1880-1910. [2] Initially he painted in an impressionistic style, but through pointillism he developed into a symbolist painter.
He was also active as a portrait artist and designed ceramics, advertising posters and book bindings. Dutch Art Nouveau is often associated with his work. In the last twenty years of his life he was strongly inspired by Roman Catholicism.
He was the father of Charley Toorop, grandfather of the artist Edgar Fernhout and the cinematographer John Fernhout and great-grandfather of Rik Fernhout - four generations of artists.
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