Jan Theodoor Toorop 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.
"There is an old and a new consciousness of time.
The old is connected with the individual.
The new is connected with the universal.
The struggle of the individual against the universal is revealing
itself in the world-war as well as in the art of the present day."
- Theo Van Doesburg
"Yes, I'm a decorative artist as well these days. And circumstances
give me so much time for my active interest in decorative art that many
ask with a downcast look: "but you're an architect, aren't you?"
'Wendingen' takes a particularly heavy toll on my architectural work."
- Hendrik Wijdeveld
