Jozef Israëls - part 4

1908 Self Portrait
ink on paper 11.6 x 9.4 cm

Jozef Israëls, (1824 Groningen, Netherlands - 1911 The Hague), painter and etcher, often called the “Dutch Millet” (a reference to Jean-François Millet). Israëls was the leader of the Hague School of peasant genre painting, which flourished in the Netherlands between 1860 and 1900. He began his studies in Amsterdam and from 1845 to 1847 worked in Paris under the academic painters Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche.

Israëls first tried to establish himself as a painter of Romantic portraits and conventional historical pictures but had achieved little success when in 1855 ill health compelled him to leave Amsterdam for the fishing village of Zandvoort, near Haarlem. That change of scenery revolutionised his art: he turned to realistic and compassionate portrayals of the Dutch peasantry and fisherfolk. In 1871 he moved to The Hague, and he often worked in nearby Scheveningen. 

Besides oils, Israëls worked in watercolours and was an etcher of the first rank. His later works in all media express a tragic sense of life and are generally treated in broad masses of light and shade. His painting style was influenced by Rembrandt’s later works, and, like Rembrandt, Israëls often painted the poor Jews of the Dutch ghettos. His son Isaac (1865–1934), also a painter, adopted an Impressionist technique and subject matter and had some influence on his father’s later work.

For more biographical information see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 3 also.

This is part 4 of an 8-part series on the works of Jozef Israëls:

n.d. Anxiously Waiting
watercolour on paper 40.9 x 27.5 cm

n.d. At Sea
oil on panel 35.6 x 26.7 cm

n.d. Cat
 oil on panel 38.5 x 27.2 cm

n.d. A Moment of quiet Contemplation
details not found

n.d. Awaiting the Fleet
oil on panel 46 x 29 cm

n.d. By the Fire
oil on panel 28.5 x 19 cm

n.d. Bringing Home the Calf
oil on panel 29.9 x 41.9 cm
National Galleries of Scotland, UK

n.d. Beach Scene with Rider and Bath Chairs
watercolour on paper 12 x 23 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farm Woman
charcoal on paper 49 x 45 cm

n.d. Children playing with a Toy Wagon
watercolour on paper 23 x 29 cm

n.d. Children playing with a Toy Wagon
oil on canvas 56.8 x 85.1 cm

n.d. Children playing on the Beach
pencil and watercolour on paper 23 x 12 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Children playing on the Beach
oil on canvas 39.5 x 65.5 cm

n.d. Children playing in the Surf
oil on panel 39 x 31 cm

n.d. Children on the Beach
etching on paper 15 x 22.9 cm

n.d. Children at the Pigsty
etching on paper 6.9 x 9.9 cm

n.d. Children at the Pigsty
etching on paper 6.9 x 9.9 cm

n.d. Children and a Cow in a Field
oil on canvas 75 x 125 cm

n.d. Child in a High Chair
etching on paper 15.1 x 10.1 cm

n.d. Child in a Crib
etching on paper 9.9 x 15.1 cm

n.d. Country House and Garden
pencil and watercolour on paper 12.7 x 17.7 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Couple walking
watercolour on paper 41.5 x 53.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Dead Bird
pencil, chalk and ink on paper 19 x 29 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Doing Needlework
oil on panel 33 z 22 cm

n.d. Dreams
oil on canvas 128.5 x 201.2 cm

n.d. Dune Landscape with Mother and Children
etching on paper 10.1 x 15.2 cm

n.d. Family at the Table
etching on paper 18.7 x 23.5 cm

n.d. Family
charcoal on paper 45 x 37 cm

n.d. Family in an Interior
black and white crayon on paper 50.8 x 67.3 cm

n.d. Farmer and Farmer's Wife in a Field
chalk on paper 13 x 20.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farmer's Meal
(attributed to Jozef Israëls)
oil on canvas 23 x 30.5 cm

n.d. Farmer's Wife holding a Frying Pan on the Fire
chalk on paper 36.4 x 25.4 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farmer's Wife in a Kitchen
pencil and ink on paper 18.1 x 12.6 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farmer's Wife standing in a Barn
pencil on paper 31 x 20.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farmhouse Interior with Figures
watercolour on paper 27.5 x 33.8 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Farmhouse Interior with Figures
watercolour on paper 70 x 54 cm

n.d. Field Trip
watercolour on paper 31 x 50 cm

n.d. Figures in a Stable
oil on canvas 54 x 68 cm

n.d. Fisherman at the Hearth
watercolour, pencil, and pen on paper 31.7 x 46.9 cm

n.d. Fisherman
etching on paper (size not given)
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
© President and Fellows of Harvard College

n.d. Fisherman with a Horse and Trap on a Beach
oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm

n.d. Flitting
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper 24 x 44.5 cm

n.d. Girl by the Sea
etching on paper 15.2 x 22.9 cm

n.d. Girl in a Chair
pencil and ink on paper 20.8 x 13.1 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Girl in the Dunes
oil on canvas 120.6 x 80.6 cm

n.d. Girl knitting
pencil, pen and ink on paper 28.5 x 20.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Girl leaning on a Shovel
etching on paper 9.2 x 5.8 cm

n.d. Girl on a Stool writing
pencil on paper (from sketchbook)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Girl Sewing
oil on panel 32.4 x 24.5 cm