The Collector
Isaac Lazarus Israëls
1934
The Collector dates from the last year of Israëls’s life. It is in the style of Dutch impressionism, which emphasized the essence of a subject, rather than its light and color as did French impressionism. Many of Israëls’s paintings look as if they were painted quickly, in order to capture a moment in time. Paradoxically, his vigorous brushstrokes also convey a sense of movement.
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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 8.
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Creator Bio
Isaac Lazarus Israëls
The Dutch impressionist Isaac Lazarus Israëls was the son of the much-respected and better-known painter Josef Israëls. Displaying precocious talent, he studied in The Hague and Amsterdam. In the course of his life he traveled widely, spending extended periods in Belgium’s mining districts, Paris, London, the French Rivera, India, and the Dutch East Indies, everywhere finding subjects for his work.
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