The Sea
Also titled De zee
Jan Toorop (Poerworedjo, 1858–1928)
1887
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 74.7 cm x width 65.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of I. Lohr, Basel
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Jan Toorop made this seascape in Katwijk, where he was living in 1887. It is painted partly with a paintbrush and partly with a palette knife, as can be seen in the flat strokes. Through this technique, he succeeded in suggesting the effect of the waves breaking on the seashore in a realistic, almost tangible way. But if you look more closely, you can see a fantastic medley of colours.
