JOZEF ISRAELS, DUTCH, (b Groningen, 27 Jan. 1824; d Scheveningen, 12 Aug. 1911). Dutch painter. He studied in Amsterdam and Paris and began his career as a portrait and historical painter, but in the 1850s he turned to the kind of work for which he is principally known—scenes of fishermen and peasants and the milieu in which they lived.
He spent his days working in the studio of Jan Kruseman and his evenings painting at the Royal Academy under Jan Pieneman, both leading portrait painters. In Paris, Israels studied a short time with the historical painter Francois Picot and also at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The artist won many honors, the Cross of the French Legion of Honor, a Chevalier of the ORdre of Leopold and even a medal at Philadelphia. F: 21" X 17.5", S:14" X10"

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