Isaac Israels artwork • painting • previously for sale Figures on the beach
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
1865-1934
Figures on the beach
oil on canvas 40.1 x 50.3 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. J.M.P. Glerum, Amsterdam, inv.nr. A 285.
Literature: Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 1 juli (met afb. in kleur); Antoon Erftemeijer, 'Israels aan zee: Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934)', Haarlem 2007, pag. 68 (met afb. 95 in kleur op pag. 69).
Exhibited: Haarlem, De Hallen, 'Israels aan zee: Hollandse en Italiaanse strandtaferelen van Isaac Israels (1865-1934), 9 juni-19 aug. 2007; Laren, Singer Laren, 'La Grande Bleue. Schilders van de Méditerranée', 12 sept. 2023-7 jan. 2024.
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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