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Jan Toorop
Purchased 1924
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<p>This is a portrait of the Dutch symbolist painter, Jan Toorop, who came to England in 1885. Rothenstein later recalled that he had a ‘magnificent head’ and the ‘physical glamour of a portrait by Titian or Tintoretto’. Rothenstein emphasises Toorop’s distinguishing features, including his thick black hair and penetrating eyes.</p><p>Rothenstein wrote that Toorop was one of his first models when he settled in London, and that the study was done in one sitting as he ‘didn’t know how to repaint’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
8 May 2023 – 5 May 2025
2025-05-05
31 October 2022
2022-10-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2023-05-08
Gallery 6
Collection based display
Jan Toorop
support: 622 × 508 mm
Purchased 1924
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<span class="text0">This is a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of the Dutch <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/symbolism" title="Glossary definition for 'Symbolism'"><span>symbolist</span></a> </span><span class="text17">painter, Jan Toorop, who came to England</span><span class="text14">
</span><span class="text0">in 1885. Rothenstein later recalled      that  </span><span class="text16">he had a ‘magnificent head’      and the</span><span class="text15"> </span><span class="text0">‘physical      glamour of a portrait by Titian  or Tintoretto’. Rothenstein      emphasises </span><span class="text17">Toorop’s distinguishing      features, including</span><span class="text14"> his thick black hair and      penetrating eyes.</span><span class="text0"> 
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<span class="text14">Rothenstein wrote that Toorop was one </span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text15">of his first models when he      settled in London, and that the study was done  in one sitting as he      ‘didn’t know how  to repaint’. </span>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>N03850</b> JAN TOOROP 1894</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 24 1/2×20 (62×51).
<br/>Purchased from an unrecorded source (Clarke Fund) 1924.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> N.E.A.C., November 1896 (65); Carfax Gallery, March 1907 (5); the artist's house, Hampstead, 19 March 1914 (45).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> <i>Men and Memories</i>, I, 1931, p.177.
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<br/>The Dutch <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/symbolism" title="Glossary definition for 'Symbolism'"><span>symbolist</span></a> painter, Jan Toorop (1858–1928), came to England in 1885 and married an Irishwoman. The artist states (<i>loc. cit.</i>) that Toorop was one of his first sitters when he settled in London, and that the study was done in one sitting, his usual habit at the time, because he ‘didn't know how to repaint’
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults artist, painter arts and entertainment clothing and personal items individuals: male leisure and pastimes man named individuals objects people pipe portraits recreational activities smoking Toorop, Jan work and occupations