The Old Men by the Sea

Jan Toorop (in 1901)

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Howard Ross asked

is there a print available of The Old Men and the Sea ?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Howard,
It is a beautiful painting! Unfortunately we currently don't sell prints. But there are (web)shops that do sell posters of paintings. Have you searched there yet? Good luck with the search, Sofie

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This highly symbolic work is painted with clearly visible brush marks in light sunny colours. It represents various stages of life: old age (men in the foreground), childhood and motherhood
mother and daughter on the right), carefree youth (four dancing girls), and left and right the workers. Toorop lived and worked at the time in the fishing village Katwijk.

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Title	The Old Men by the Sea
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 130 cm Width 150 cm
Artists	Artist: Jan Toorop
Accession number	2429 (MK)
Credits	Gift J.E. Jurriaanse, 1957
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1957
Creation date	in 1901
Internal exhibitions	De collectie als tijdmachine (2017)
External exhibitions	'Charley Toorop' (2010) Jan Toorop (1858 - 1928) (2016) Jan Toorop (1858 - 1928) (2017) De Toorop Dynastie (2019) Boijmans bij de Buren - Branding Rotterdam (2019)
Material	Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe

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Jan Toorop

Poerworedjo 1858 - Den Haag 1928

Jan Toorop spent his youth on Java. In 1892 he moved to the Netherlands. He following a course in drawing at the Polytechnic School in Delft (1876-1879) and...

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