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Title: Landscape and figure painters of America
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Sherman, Frederic Fairchild, 1874-1940
Subjects: Landscape painting Figure painting
Publisher: New York : Privately printed
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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hedid after Bosboom, he yet has been the greatestforce in dethroning in his own country thehistorical and romantic views and theoriesabout painting that prevailed there; a man ofvery sociable habits, he is a good friend andagreeable companion, and is thought so highlyof by his fellow artists that he is usually theirrepresentative in art matters and the chiefspeaker at their entertainments. Israels was born in 1824. He first studiedat Groningen, and in 1840 went to Amster-dam, where he was much impressed with thatlarge city and especially with the life in theJews quarter. Then, having saved a smallsum of money, he went for two years to Paris,but he derived little benefit from the schoolsthere. On his return to Holland he madea new departure on his own account and,leaving the historical subjects which he choseat first, commenced to paint the scenes around -him, not looking for pretty things so muchas trying to express the inner spirit of thelives of the people. He was the first to give
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Plate XXVI. — Girl Sewing. Jose) Israels. JOSEF ISRAELS 137 life and vigour to figures, trying to paintthem in a way that would reveal their thoughtsand feelings, and he brought into his picturesnew ideas of light and colour. Like mostinnovators, he was laughed at, but he per-severed in his own way, and he has now thesatisfaction of seeing his ideas and opinionsabout art prevailing and gaining general accept-ance, and his paintings admired and highlyvalued. Israels painted in rich, deep colours in hisearly and middle period. His pictures inrecent years, owing to their breadth of treat-ment, and his desire to secure what he con-siders the essentials, are in lower tones. Eachperiod of his work has qualities peculiar toitself, and they cannot be found together.The lover of brilliant colour, careful drawing,and attention to detail will not find these in hislate work, but in their place more atmosphere,more life, more feeling, wider and truer knowl-edge, perhaps really greater art. Certa

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