Isaac Israëls

(1865–1934) Dutch painter associated with Amsterdam Impressionism (1865-1934)

Isaac Israëls (Netherlands, 1865–1934) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, a draughtsman, and a photographer. By year of birth, Isaac Israëls belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Isaac Israëls was born in Amsterdam and died in The Hague. Isaac Israëls trained at Royal Academy of Art and Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The teachers included August Allebé, Max Liebermann, and Jozef Israëls. Wikidata associates Isaac Israëls with Amsterdam Impressionism and Hague School. Isaac Israëls became a member of Arti et Amicitiae and Hague School. Isaac Israëls was awarded Olympic gold medal.

The best-known works include ‘A reclining nude (Sjaantje van Ingen)’, ‘Two girls in the snow’, and ‘Shop Window’. The catalogue has 94 works by Isaac Israëls with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–2000. Works by Isaac Israëls are held by several collections, among them Centraal Museum, Rijksmuseum, Jan Michiel Pieter Glerum collection, and Groninger Museum. Wikidata links 3 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Anton van Wouw, Barbara Elisabeth van Houten, Joseph Mendes da Costa, Jan Veth, and Paul Sawyier.

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