The Collector

Isaac Lazarus Israëls

1934

Painting of man with beard sitting at desk examining an object at table filled with small sculptures.

The Collector dates from the last year of Israëls’s life. It is in the style of Dutch impressionism, which emphasized the essence of a subject, rather than its light and color as did French impressionism. Many of Israëls’s paintings look as if they were painted quickly, in order to capture a moment in time. Paradoxically, his vigorous brushstrokes also convey a sense of movement.

Credits

Collection Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 8.

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Creator Bio

Isaac Lazarus Israëls

1865–1934

The Dutch impressionist Isaac Lazarus Israëls was the son of the much-respected and better-known painter Josef Israëls. Displaying precocious talent, he studied in The Hague and Amsterdam. In the course of his life he traveled widely, spending extended periods in Belgium’s mining districts, Paris, London, the French Rivera, India, and the Dutch East Indies, everywhere finding subjects for his work.

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