1865 -1934 · The Hague, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Java

Social beaches, streets of Amsterdam, theaters, cafes and fashion houses make Isaac Israels a chronicler of the modern movement, served by a quick and bright touch.

Isaac Israels was born in Amsterdam in 1865 into the family of the painter Jozef Israels. Trained at a very young age in his father's studio then at the Royal Academy in The Hague, he exhibited as a teenager and quickly asserted a path distinct from his father's serious realism. He often signed Israel without an umlaut, a way of separating his artistic identity from the family name. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His first military scenes already showed his taste for moving groups. His electric. Israels composes like a mobile observer. The framing sometimes cuts the figures, the touch remains open and the motif seems to continue beyond the canvas. In Scheveningen, he preferred bathers, walks and beach donkeys to sea workers, signs of a leisure society. Theater, circus and dance gave him other rhythms. Around 1900, he obtained authorization to work in the Hirsch fashion house in Amsterdam: Theatre, circus and dance gave him other rhythms. Around 1900, he obtained authorization to work in the Hirsch fashion house in Amsterdam: Models, testers, seamstresses and fashion shows became the actors of a world where work, fashion and entertainment merged. Paris brought him the clear palette of Manet and Degas, the Bois de Boulogne and the belle Époque entertainment; London offers him lively parks and streets. In 1921 -1922, a stay in Java and Bali filled his notebooks with dancers, musicians and urban scenes. His view, shaped by a colonial context, must be read with this story, but he retains in painting a direct attention to color, gesture and movement. Israels died in The Hague in 1934. The "Isaac Israels" selection notably compares Au théâtre and Au Bois de Boulogne near Paris. His reading favors color.

Isaac Israels paints quickly enough so that the city does not freeze: the frame cuts, the touch circulates and the light transforms each passerby into an event.