{"product_id":"portret-van-mevrouw-marie-jeannette-de-lange-jan-toorop","title":"Portret van mevrouw, Marie Jeannette de Lange - Jan Toorop","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portrait of Marie Jeannette de Lange by Jan Toorop, executed in 1900 using the pointillist technique to create a shimmering, light-filled interior scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis portrait of Marie Jeannette de Lange, painted by Jan Toorop in 1900, demonstrates the artist's engagement with the divisionist technique. Toorop, a central figure in Dutch modernism, applied small, distinct dots of colour to the canvas, allowing the viewer's eye to blend them optically. This method creates a shimmering effect across the surface, particularly noticeable in the rendering of the subject's dress and the surrounding floral arrangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition focuses on the sitter, who is depicted in a moment of quiet contemplation. Her posture is relaxed, with her gaze directed towards the object in her hands. The background is dense with decorative elements, including flowers and patterned textiles, which are rendered with the same meticulous dot-based application as the figure. This approach flattens the pictorial space, drawing attention to the surface texture and the interplay of light and colour rather than traditional three-dimensional modelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToorop's use of colour is deliberate, employing a palette that balances soft, pastel tones in the sitter's skin and clothing with more saturated hues in the surrounding environment. The work reflects the influence of Neo-Impressionism, which Toorop encountered during his time in Belgium and France. By the turn of the century, he had moved away from the more linear, symbolic style of his earlier Symbolist works, adopting this scientific approach to colour theory to capture the atmosphere of the interior scene. The painting remains a clear example of how European artists of the period experimented with the boundaries between representation and decorative abstraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1.5rem;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.85rem;color:#888;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 0.75rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;\"\u003eYou might also like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0.5rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/sv\/products\/naakte-vrouw-nude-woman-meijer-bleekrode\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eNaakte vrouw (Nude Woman) - Meijer Bleekrode — Meijer Bleekrode\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/sv\/products\/composition-2-wassily-kandinsky\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eComposition 2 - Wassily Kandinsky — Wassily Kandinsky\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jan Toorop","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Small Square (30x30 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58827317215567,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Medium Square (40x40 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58827318198607,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Large Square (50x50 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58827318231375,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Portret-van-mevrouw-Marie-Jeannette-de-Lange_Poster_CompositorV1_1789886749873.jpg?v=1789887090","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.co.uk\/sv\/products\/portret-van-mevrouw-marie-jeannette-de-lange-jan-toorop","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}