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'Isaac' Lazarus Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
The café Scala, The Hague, oil on canvas 65 x 58 cm., signed l.r. and painted between 1927-1934

Provenance: Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, Bussum, 1978; part. bezit Nederland.
Literature: A. Wagner (inl.), 'Isaac Israels 1865-1934', Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman, Den Haag 1980, cat.nr. 37 (met afb.); A. Wagner, 'Isaac Israels', Venlo 1985, pag. 148, pag. 150, afb. 196; Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 9 nov. (met afb. in kleur); Ingelies Vermeulen e.a., 'Nachtlicht. De schilders van het nieuwe licht 1880-1940', Haarlem 2010, afb. in kleur pag. 80, pag. 125.

Isaac Israels, together with George Hendrik Breitner, was the leading representative of the group of Amsterdam Impressionists. He painted fragments of life he chanced across in the capital’s shopping streets, coffee houses and café-chantants, where busy urban living was played out. In a few apt charcoal lines or quick, spontaneous brushstrokes, with subtle colour accents, he captured everything he saw. Israels also painted beach scenes at Scheveningen and was an adept portrait artist. In 1903 he settled in Paris for several years.