Dayton, OH
Details
- Dimensions
- 7.75ʺW × 0.75ʺD × 5.75ʺH
- Styles
- Art Nouveau
- Art Subjects
- Mythology
- Portrait
- Still Life
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Indonesia
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Lithograph
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- Good Overall - Gentle wear throughout Good Overall - Gentle wear throughout less
- Description
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Early 20th century hand colored lithograph postcard print of "Alleen de Christus Kan Alles Redden" (Only the Christ Can Save …
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Early 20th century hand colored lithograph postcard print of "Alleen de Christus Kan Alles Redden" (Only the Christ Can Save Everything) created in 1922 by Jan Toorop, showing a trio of art deco female figures venerating a Crucifix and glowing Eucharist. Framed in a silver gilt beveled frame.
"Jan (Johannes) Theodorus Toorop (1858 - 1928) was born on December 20 in Purworedjo Java, Indonesia. He was not only a Dutch Impressionist, Symbolist* and Art Nouveau* painter, but also an illustrator and graphic designer.
At the age of 11 he left Indonesia for the Netherlands, and attended high school in Leiden, followed by Winterswijk and The Hague. His artistic interests lead him to the National Academy for the Arts in Amsterdam, where he worked in sculptures and crafts. To continue his education he moved to Brussels with his friend Antoon Derkinderen and took lessons at the Academy of Fine Arts. In Brussels he joined Les XX (Les Vingt, The Twenty), a group of young Belgian artists centered around James Ensor and Fernand Khnopff. Les xx saw themselves as progressive artists, often turned down by the bourgeois art circles and in return rejecting the conservative values. While traveling trough western Europe with members of Les xx and exhibiting in several cities, he met artists like James Whistler and William Morris.
He used this curvy style not only for high-art symbolist paintings, but also for more decorative, commercial purposes. From 1894 onwards he designed several posters and book covers. The best known example of his art-nouveau style work is the poster for the Delft Salad Oil. This poster became so popular that ever since Art-nouveau style is known as Salad-Oil-style in the Netherlands.
In 1905 Toorop converted to Roman Catholicism. During this time his work became more mystic and religious. Despite the fact that he was almost continuously confined to a wheel chair by 1920, caused by the paralysis of his left leg, he continued to work, mostly on drawings propagating the catholic belief. ?He died at the age of 69 on march 3rd, 1928 in The Hague. Jan Toorop's work influenced countless contemporaries, amongst whom the Austrian Gustav Klimt, and several Dutch graphic designers like Van der Leck."
Dimensions:
7.75" x 0.75" x 5.75" / Sans Frame - 5" x 3.125" (Width x Depth x Height) less
Dayton, OH
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