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Isaac Israels
Dutch, 1865-1934
Son of Jozef Israëls. He was largely self-taught, showing precocious talent and attending the Academie in The Hague in 1878-80. His first paintings date from 1880-84 and include a self-portrait, portraits of women and military subjects such as Bugle Practice. They were composed in the studio in a precise style, soft grey and brown tones predominating, showing the influence of the Hague school. In 1887 Israels moved to Amsterdam, where he was at the centre of the Tachtigers of writers and painters. Among his friends were George Hendrik Breitner, Lodewijk van Dyssel, Frans Erens, Max Liebermann, Jan Pieter Veth and Jan Voerman. In Amsterdam, after a brief and abortive period at the Rijksacademie, he sought a more fluent technique with which to record contemporary life. His drawings and watercolours are predominantly of cafes, cabarets, dance halls and the street life of Amsterdam. In 1889 he visited Paris, where he met St phane Mallarm, Berthe Morisot, Odilon Redon and Emile Zola. In 1894 he painted Three Servant Girls, the first of his plein-air pictures. From then on he applied transparent colours to capture the fleeting effects of light in oil, watercolour and pastel. His oils were painted in flat broad strokes. For the rest of his life he employed his very personal Impressionist style, which emphasized the interplay of light, colour, line and movement. His favourite subjects were beach, street and park scenes
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Painting ID:: 23148
Amsterdam Serving Girls on the Gracht (nn02)
1894
Oil on canvas,16 1/8 x 22 1/16'' Rijksmuseum,Amsterdam
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Painting ID:: 23149
Cafe-Chantant in a Popular Quarter in Amsterdam (nn02)
c 1893
Oil on canvas,35 1/2 x 41 1/4''.Collection State Museum Kroller-Muller,Otterlo
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Painting ID:: 54284
In the Dance Hall
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1893
Oil on canvas
76x100cm
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Painting ID:: 74087
Two models, Epi and Gertie, in the Amsterdam Fashion House Hirsch
Two models, Epi and Gertie, in the Amsterdam Fashion House Hirsch
Oil on canvas
80 x w: 53.1 cm
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Painting ID:: 75534
Two models
Two models, Epi and Gertie, in the Amsterdam Fashion House Hirsch
Date Unknown
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions h: 80 x w: 53.1 cm
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Isaac Israels
Dutch, 1865-1934
Son of Jozef Israëls. He was largely self-taught, showing precocious talent and attending the Academie in The Hague in 1878-80. His first paintings date from 1880-84 and include a self-portrait, portraits of women and military subjects such as Bugle Practice. They were composed in the studio in a precise style, soft grey and brown tones predominating, showing the influence of the Hague school. In 1887 Israels moved to Amsterdam, where he was at the centre of the Tachtigers of writers and painters. Among his friends were George Hendrik Breitner, Lodewijk van Dyssel, Frans Erens, Max Liebermann, Jan Pieter Veth and Jan Voerman. In Amsterdam, after a brief and abortive period at the Rijksacademie, he sought a more fluent technique with which to record contemporary life. His drawings and watercolours are predominantly of cafes, cabarets, dance halls and the street life of Amsterdam. In 1889 he visited Paris, where he met St phane Mallarm, Berthe Morisot, Odilon Redon and Emile Zola. In 1894 he painted Three Servant Girls, the first of his plein-air pictures. From then on he applied transparent colours to capture the fleeting effects of light in oil, watercolour and pastel. His oils were painted in flat broad strokes. For the rest of his life he employed his very personal Impressionist style, which emphasized the interplay of light, colour, line and movement. His favourite subjects were beach, street and park scenes
. Related Artists to Isaac Israels: | Vassily Maximov | George Henry Hall | Giovanni Sodoma | William Matthew Prior | James Ward |
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