Jan Toorop
"Studenten"
Verkocht
JAN TOOROP
Poerworedjo, Indonesië 1858-1928 Den Haag
STUDENTEN
Brussel 1884
Olieverf op doek
171 x 110,5 cm
Gesigneerd en gedateerd: rechts onder ‘J. th. Toorop 1884 Bruxelles’
Herkomst: Particuliere collectie, Nederland; Studio 2000 Art gallery; collection J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, The Hague; Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, November 10 1986, no. 183; Sale Amsterdam A. Mak, atelier Jan Toorop, May 15 1928, no. 18; Collection Mrs. Charley Toorop.
Tentoongesteld: The Hague (Kunstzaal Kleykamp) Solotentoonstelling werken van Jan Toorop, may-june 1921, cat. 31; The Hague (Gemeente Museum) Vroege werken van Jan Toorop, February 22 – March 14 1937, cat. no. 25; Amsterdam (Stedelijk Museum) October 4 – November 2 1941, cat. no. 17a; Breda, (Cultureel Centrum Breda) Solotentoonstelling Jan Theodoor Toorop, November 16 - November 1957 - 16 December 1957, cat. no. 60; Amsterdam (Arti et Amicitae) Jubileum Tentoonstelling 125 jaar Arti et Amicitae, December 12 1964 – January 10 1965, no 60; Brussels (Royal Museum of fine Arts of Belgium) Le cercle des XX, May 10 – June 24 1889, cat. no. 75, p.117; Rotterdam (Kunsthal), Vier eeuwen roken in de kunst, December 13 2003 – March 14 2004; Domburg (ING Bank) Jan Toorop. Sporen van het leven, May 26 – October 2 2005; The Hague (Gemeentemuseum) Jan Toorop, February 26 – May 29 2016.
Literature: G. van Wezel, Jan Toorop: Zang der tijden, Zwolle 2016, cat.no. 36, p. 25 (ill.); G. van Wezel, Jan Toorop: Gesang der Zeiten, Zwolle, cat.no. 36, p. 27 (ill.); R. Bionda, C. Blotkamp (a.o.), Schilders van tachtig: Nederlandse schilderkunst 1880-1895, Zwolle/Amsterdam 1991, p. 89; R. Siebelhoff, The early development of Jan Toorop 1879-1892, [s.l.], 1973, p. 8526.
Jan Toorop painted Students in 1884. We see a group of people in full length holding a blue flag. He was the only Dutch painter that was admitted to the art society Les Vingt. Ocatave Maus and Edmond Picard were the founders of this group. In Brussel Toorop was tasting the art climate over there.