Isaac Israels artwork • painting • previously for sale Three sisters
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
1865-1934
Three sisters
oil on canvas 65.8 x 80.2 cm, signed l.r. and dated Aug. 1931
This painting was previously for sale.
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.