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Lot Essay
This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné on Jan Toorop, currently being prepared by G.W.C. van Wezel.
In the present watercolour, Jan Toorop catches the beholder’s attention by unobtrusively depicting a typical Dutch landscape scene with canals and wide meadows stretching for miles into the horizon. Having been born in Indonesia, Toorop moved back to The Netherlands in 1869 where he developed his painting skills at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 1880. The present work expresses his affection for his homeland and is dedicated to Lies Sormani, the artist's Dutch friend and the grandmother of the owner of the present work. Toorop portrayed Lies Sormani two years earlier, in 1915.
In the present watercolour, Jan Toorop catches the beholder’s attention by unobtrusively depicting a typical Dutch landscape scene with canals and wide meadows stretching for miles into the horizon. Having been born in Indonesia, Toorop moved back to The Netherlands in 1869 where he developed his painting skills at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in 1880. The present work expresses his affection for his homeland and is dedicated to Lies Sormani, the artist's Dutch friend and the grandmother of the owner of the present work. Toorop portrayed Lies Sormani two years earlier, in 1915.