Jan Toorop (1858-1928)

Sale, Studio Jan Toorop, A.Mak, Amsterdam, 15 May 1928, no. 25

Collection L. Bisterbosch, Amsterdam

Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam

In 1904 Toorop visited his friend van Rysselberghe in Paris where he got to know Signac and his friends. Signac showed him the dynamic style of pointillism which Toorop immediately inspired. Toorop processed this pointillism completely into his own style. He used a wide stroke with warm and clear colours which caused beautiful light and sphere-effects. His stay in Domburg during the summer-months since 1903 has most probably played an important role in the rise of the before-mentioned style. The special atmosphere and the remarkable light fascinated him enormously and fitted perfectly into this pointillism.

Interieur with a girl from Walcheren is painted during the summer of 1904. Toorop used without doubt the style he just had seen from Signac. The work is done with a wide, robust pointillistic stroke in warm and vibrant colours. Toorop is also still searching for the strong light and shadow-effects in this painting (in `Moderne kunst in Nederland`, by A.B. Loosjes-Terpstra, p. 9). Interieur with a girl from Walcheren is a very good example of this pointillist style of his Domburg period. This style can be undoubtfully seen as one of the sources of which the Amsterdam Luminism originated (A.B. Loosjes-Terpstrain, Moderne kunst in Nederland, Utrecht 1987, p. 10)