. Review of reviews and world's work . hers, he exhibited a greathistorical picture, openly admitted that it wasa failure, and announced his firm intention ofbeginning all over again in a new way. Heleft Paris, went back to Holland, threw asideall the conventions he had learned, and, withhis keen eye and trained hand alone, set outto paint Hfe, not accidents, the simple lifeof the poor, their labors and homely vast series of pictures, now known all overthe world, was the result of this determina-tion. Israels was first of all a painter of commenting on his work, the Pall MallG
. Review of reviews and world's work . hers, he exhibited a greathistorical picture, openly admitted that it wasa failure, and announced his firm intention ofbeginning all over again in a new way. Heleft Paris, went back to Holland, threw asideall the conventions he had learned, and, withhis keen eye and trained hand alone, set outto paint Hfe, not accidents, the simple lifeof the poor, their labors and homely vast series of pictures, now known all overthe world, was the result of this determina-tion. Israels was first of all a painter of commenting on his work, the Pall MallGazette says: He was the first of the modern Dutch to con-quer our insular prejudices, and his victory wasthe greater in that he labored under a certain dis-advantage. Hebrew blood may not be a handicapto the financier—there are times when it wouldseem to be a passport—but it cannot be con-sidered a recommendation in the world of art. InIsraels case the handicap was doubled or trebledby the extent to which it influenced his outlook. JOSEF ISRAELS, LEADER OF THE MODERN DUTCH SCHOOL OF PAINTING, WHO DIED ON AUGUST 12 upon life. While it sharpened his sensibilities, andintensified his passion for the sanctities of home, itseemed to concentrate all the bitterness of a perse-cuted race into a contempt for fashion in subjectand technique. Once he had broken with the picturesque tradi-ditions of Picot and Delaroche, his trainers in theschool of the historic tableau, Israels went to the
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