DOI article:
Halton, Ernest G.: Josef Israëls: the leader of the modern Dutch school
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43448#0109
Josef Israeis
“WAITING FOR THE BOATS, SCHEVENINGEN'” FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By permission of Messrs. Wallis and Son)
lived their life and knew what it meant to feel the
pinch of poverty. Israels, on the other hand, who
was born and lived amidst comparatively comfort-
able surroundings, had to acquire his knowledge
of the lives of the peasants and fisher-folk by
excursions to their homes. It is not suggested
that his sympathies were not with these humble
people whom he delighted to portray, but they
could never mean to him what they meant to
Millet.
The dominating features of Israels’ art, as dis-
played in his third andgreatest period, are essentially
“wearily homewards ”
FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By ■permission oj Messrs. Wallis and Son)
95
“WAITING FOR THE BOATS, SCHEVENINGEN'” FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By permission of Messrs. Wallis and Son)
lived their life and knew what it meant to feel the
pinch of poverty. Israels, on the other hand, who
was born and lived amidst comparatively comfort-
able surroundings, had to acquire his knowledge
of the lives of the peasants and fisher-folk by
excursions to their homes. It is not suggested
that his sympathies were not with these humble
people whom he delighted to portray, but they
could never mean to him what they meant to
Millet.
The dominating features of Israels’ art, as dis-
played in his third andgreatest period, are essentially
“wearily homewards ”
FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By ■permission oj Messrs. Wallis and Son)
95