JAN TOOROP: HET LIED VAN DE TIJD
Jan Toorop: The song of time
Leopold, Netherlands, 2016

Eleven year old Jan is sent to Holland on a tall ship. It is a farewell forever, to his country and to his family. Jan has to go to school. But what he wants to do most of all is draw…

Painter Jan Toorop was born in Indonesia. His family lived on a small island, near the jungle. Life was magical, something he missed in The Netherlands. But in Europe he found fellow spirits in the art worlds of Belgium, France and England. His symbolist work was a great inspiration to Klimt and other Vienna artists.

Dutch: Leopold — French: Versant Sud