Jozef Israëls artwork • painting • previously for sale Homeward bound
Jozef Israëls
Groningen 1824-1911 Den Haag
1824-1911
Homeward bound
oil on canvas 53.0 x 100.5 cm, signed l.r.
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Afgebeeld in 'The Dutch Art Diary 2003'; Nelly de Zwaan, 'Nederland uit de kunst: 365 dagen kijken en lezen', Warnsveld 2005, 25 juli (met afb. in kleur); Marthy Locht, 'Schilders in het Land van Mauve' 2006, afb. in kleur pag. 14.
Jozef Israels was a pupil of J.A. Kruseman and the Rijksacademie Amsterdam. From 1845 to 1847, and later in 1853, he also studied in Paris. In the Louvre Museum he copied the works of Old Masters like Rembrandt and Velasquez as well as acquainting himself with French Realism. Back in the Netherlands he became intrigued by the hard lives of the fishing folk of Katwijk and Zandvoort and made this a theme of his work. In the 1870s he also discovered the ‘picturesque’ lives of peasants from Het Gooi, near Amsterdam. Already during his lifetime he garnered much acclaim for his romantic and realist paintings, both at home and abroad.
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