Isaac Israëls
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Isaac Lazarus Israëls (Amsterdam
, February 3, 1865 – The Hague
, October 7, 1934) was a Dutch
painter
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The son of the painter Jozef Israëls
, Isaac Israëls developed an interest in painting in childhood. Between 1878 and 1880 he studied at the academy in The Hague. In 1881, when he was 16, he sold a painting even before it was finished to Hendrik Willem Mesdag
, an artist and collector.
From 1886 Israëls lived in Amsterdam, and he registered at the Amsterdam Academy of Art to complete his schooling. However, he only stayed for a year. Israëls often spent the summer with his father in Scheveningen. Interested by the changing light of sun and sea, he painted many colorful seaside scenes.
In Amsterdam Israëls was a friend of George Hendrik Breitner
. The two artists captured fleeting moments of everyday life in the Dutch capital. To create that immediacy of feeling, they used abruptly truncated figures. Between 1903 and 1923 Israëls spent most of his time working in Paris and London. In 1923 he returned to his parent's home in The Hague, where his father's studio became his workplace. There, until his death in 1934, he produced his impressionist paintings with their bright and brilliant colors.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, February 3, 1865 – The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, October 7, 1934) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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The son of the painter Jozef Israëls
Jozef Israëls
Jozef Israëls was a Dutch painter, and "the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of the nineteenth century".-Youth:...
, Isaac Israëls developed an interest in painting in childhood. Between 1878 and 1880 he studied at the academy in The Hague. In 1881, when he was 16, he sold a painting even before it was finished to Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag
Hendrik Willem Mesdag was a Dutch marine painter.He was born in Groningen, the son of the banker Klaas Mesdag and his wife Johanna Wilhelmina van Giffen. Mesdag was encouraged by his father, an amateur painter, to study art...
, an artist and collector.
From 1886 Israëls lived in Amsterdam, and he registered at the Amsterdam Academy of Art to complete his schooling. However, he only stayed for a year. Israëls often spent the summer with his father in Scheveningen. Interested by the changing light of sun and sea, he painted many colorful seaside scenes.
In Amsterdam Israëls was a friend of George Hendrik Breitner
George Hendrik Breitner
George Hendrik Breitner wasa Dutch painter and photographer.-Biography:George Hendrik Breitner was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. From 1876–1880 he attended the Academy in the Hague where his extraordinary talent was rewarded on various occasions...
. The two artists captured fleeting moments of everyday life in the Dutch capital. To create that immediacy of feeling, they used abruptly truncated figures. Between 1903 and 1923 Israëls spent most of his time working in Paris and London. In 1923 he returned to his parent's home in The Hague, where his father's studio became his workplace. There, until his death in 1934, he produced his impressionist paintings with their bright and brilliant colors.