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Lot #
11489
Auction End Date
8/16/2005 1:52:15 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Von Hudischer Kunst (Jozef Israels)
Author
[First Ed.] Max Eisler
City
Cologne & Leipzig
Publisher
G.M.B.H.
Publication Date
1910
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
First edition. 67 pp. plus title wrappers, 243:162 mm., wide margins, age and use staining, corners rounded, bound in the original wrappers.
Detailed
Description
Biography of Jozef Israels (1824–1911) with many black and white reproductions of his works. Israels, who was born in Groningen, the son of a money changer, studied first at the Amsterdam Academy, then at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he copied the works of old masters at the Louvre and became acquainted with the School of Barbizon. After returning to Amsterdam in 1847, Israels earned his living by painting portraits and historical subjects. Among these were scenes from Jewish life and history as well as from Dutch history. In 1855, when for health reasons he went to live at the fishing village of Zandvoort, he turned to the representation of fishermen and country people. His pictures of the Netherlands coast showed the influence of the Barbizon school, while his interiors are reminiscent of the Dutch paintings of the 17th century. His treatment of light is reminiscent of Rembrandt, and so are some of his subjects, particularly his "Saul and David" and "The Jewish Wedding." In 1871 Israels moved to The Hague, where he was joined by a number of other painters. This group became known as the "Haagse School" and produced fine, realistic landscapes in which shades of green and a grey sky played a great part. IsraLls was thus one of the discoverers of the true Dutch landscape. But he also frequently reverted to Jewish subjects. One of his best-known works is "The Son of an Ancient People" (1889), which shows a forlorn shopkeeper in the Amsterdam ghetto and is filled with that compassion which distinguishes his best paintings. Israels is considered one of the leading Dutch 19th-century painters.
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:
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Location
Germany:
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Subject
History:
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Other:
Art
Characteristic
First Editions:
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Language:
German
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
