Jozef Israels

The Hearth

Jozef Israels's "The Hearth" is an original etching by the artist in 1883. With a strong network of rapidly drawn lines and heavily areas he creates a telling work of art from a humble scene. This impression is printed upon fine china paper which is pressed onto a thick sheet of white, wove paper and containing full margins as published in 1883 by the British and Foreign Artists' Association and bearing their official blindstamp in the lower right corner. "The Hearth" stands as one of Jozef Israels's largest and most impressive etchings and is also a fine original example of the art created by one of the greatest late nineteenth century Dutch artists and important member of the Hague School.

The Hearth

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Jozef Israels (Groningen, 1824 - The Hague, 1911)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Source	-
01-		Oud en Versleten (The Old Couple) by Jozef Israels	Original Etching	1873	Printed upon fine laid paper and with full margins as published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers in 1880. H. J. Hubert, The Etched Work of Jozef Israels: An Illustrated Catalogue, Amsterdam, Scheltema en Holkema's Boekhandel, 1909. Catalogue Hubert VIII.	Sold
02.-		The Hearth by Jozef Israels	Original Etching	1883	Printed by Chardon upon fine china paper which is pressed onto a thick sheet of white, wove paper and containing full margins as published by the British and Foreign Artists' Association, London in 1883 and bearing their official blindstamp in the lower right corner. Catalogue # 29, First and only State.	Sold

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Title:	The Hearth
Artist:	Israels, Jozef (Groningen, 1824 - The Hague, 1911)
Date:	1883
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	British and Foreign Artists' Association, London
Printer:	Chardon
Note:	Jozef Israels 'Josef Israels': One of the premier late nineteenth century artists of Holland, Jozef Israels first studied under Kruseman in Amsterdam. Israels left Holland for Paris in 1845, living there for three years and frequenting the salons of Vernet and Delaroche. Initially influenced by Romanticism, Jozef Israels first established his reputation as a historical painter. Later, he turned his talents to landscape painting but it wasn't until the Paris Exposition of 1878 that the true genius of Jozef Israels became apparent. Here, for the first time, were those powerful studies of peasant life on which his fame now rests.
	Probably the most important member of the Hague School, Israels shaped the course of Dutch art during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He created but thirty etchings (the earliest dating from 1870) but here, as in other aspects of his art, he is considered a master. "The Hearth" stands as one of Jozef Israels's largest and most impressive etchings. With a strong network of rapidly drawn lines and heavily shaded areas he creates a telling work of art from a humble scene.
	Critics have regularly compared the etchings of Jozef Israels to those of Millet, Van Gogh and (looking forward) to those of Kathe Kollwitz. Yet in the manner of Israels reveals the artistic truth of his uncluttered portrayals an even greater name is broutht forward:
	"Josef Israel's few plates of peasant life, strong in line, powerful in chiaroscuro, rank directly with his paintings in the expression of the depths of human feeling, in which he was so worthy a succesor of Rembrandt." (A. M Hind, A history of Engraving and Etching, Dover, New York, 1963).
Raisonne:	H. J. Hubert, The Etched Work of Jozef Israels: An Illustrated Catalogue, Scheltema en Holkema's Boekhandel, Amsterdam, 1909. Catalogue # 29, First and only State.
	Hubert writes that "The Hearth" was published in one edition only by Knoedler & Company in New York and the British and Foreign Artists' Association on July 18, 1883 in London. No further editions were made. All impressions of this important etching bear the official blindstamp of the Printseller's Association in the lower right corner, beside the title. Publishing information and the date of issue are printed in the upper margins.
Size:	16 X 11 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed by Chardon upon fine china paper which is pressed onto a thick sheet of white, wove paper and containing full margins as published by the British and Foreign Artists' Association, London in 1883 and bearing their official blindstamp in the lower right corner. There is a very slight matte burning marks in the upper margin, else in fine condition throughout and a prime example of the renowned art of Jozef Israels.
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