Charley voor Het Raam [Charley in Front of the Window]
Jan Toorop
1902
Medium
drypoint on simili Japan
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2021.69.1
About the Artist
Jan Toorop
Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' Toorop (1858–1928) was one of the most influential Dutch artists at the turn of the twentieth century, whose distinctive Symbolist style and flowing Art Nouveau lines left an indelible mark on European art. Born on December 20, 1858, in Purworejo on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), Toorop brought a unique synthesis of Eastern and Western...