Isaac Israels artwork • painting • previously for sale Figures on the beach of 'Il Lido di Venezia'
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
1865-1934
Figures on the beach of 'Il Lido di Venezia'
oil on canvas 40.1 x 50.3 cm, signed l.r. and painted circa 1927
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: nalatenschap van de schilder; veiling Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 'Atelier Isaac Israels', 2 april 1935, lotnr. 2; coll. F.G. Bodde, Laren/Groot-Brittannië.
Literature: Antoon Erftemeijer, 'Israels aan zee: Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934)', Haarlem 2007, pag. 63, afb. 89 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Haarlem, De Hallen, 'Israels aan zee: Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934), 9 juni-19 aug. 2007.
Isaac Israels, together with George Hendrik Breitner, was the leading representative of the group of Amsterdam Impressionists. He painted fragments of city life he captured 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.
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