DOI Heft:
No. 224 (November 1911)
DOI Artikel:Halton, Ernest G.: Josef Israëls: the leader of the modern dutch school
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21155#0117
Josef Israels
"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 that his sympathies were not with these humble
pinch of poverty. Israels, on the other hand, who people whom he delighted to portray, but they
was born and lived amidst comparatively comfort- could never mean to him what they meant to
able surroundings, had to acquire his knowledge Millet.
of the lives of the peasants and fisher-folk by The dominating features of Israels' art, as dis-
excursions to their homes. It is not suggested played in his third andgreatest period, are essentially
' WEARILY HOMEWARDS
FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By permission of 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 that his sympathies were not with these humble
pinch of poverty. Israels, on the other hand, who people whom he delighted to portray, but they
was born and lived amidst comparatively comfort- could never mean to him what they meant to
able surroundings, had to acquire his knowledge Millet.
of the lives of the peasants and fisher-folk by The dominating features of Israels' art, as dis-
excursions to their homes. It is not suggested played in his third andgreatest period, are essentially
' WEARILY HOMEWARDS
FROM THE OIL PAINTING BY JOSEF ISRAELS
(By permission of Messrs. Wallis and Son)
95