Isaac Israels artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale The fashion house
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865-1934 Den Haag
1865-1934
The fashion house
watercolour on paper 35.8 x 53.3 cm, signed l.r.
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1974; Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, Bussum, 1976; part. bezit.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, 'Laren, Bergen en Amsterdam', 1974, cat.nr. 17 (met afb.); tent.cat. Bussum, Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, 'Hollandse en Franse Meesters der 19e en 20e eeuw', 1976, z.p. (afb. in kleur).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, 'Laren, Bergen en Amsterdam', mei-juni 1974; Bussum, Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel (in Pulchri Studio, Den Haag), 'Hollandse en Franse Meesters der 19e en 20e eeuw', 7-27 nov. 1976.
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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