Happy Gouda
Jan Toorop
drawn April 1897 and published May 2, 1897
Medium
Lithograph in brown on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.2 × 38.6 cm (11 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 34.7 cm (13 9/16 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
209624
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...