Artist: Isaac Lazarus Israels
Date: 1916
Size: 210 x 110 cm
Museum: Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo, Netherlands)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
City life and nightlifeFrom an early age, Isaac Israels receives training in the studio of his father Jozef Israels, the famous Hague School painter. After a brief period of study at the Rijksacademie, Isaac remains in Amsterdam, where he documents the city life and its turbulent nightlife. He paints rapidly, without too many details; he is interested in the distinguishing aspects of his subjects. Israels paints many women, at first mainly factory workers and housemaids, later also fashionable ladies.Exotic dancerThe Frisian Mata Hari, whose actual name was Margaretha Zelle, performed all over Europe as an exotic dancer. She was a hit in Paris in particular. But she was accused of spying for the Germans during the First World War and was executed by firing squad in 1917.Self-assured young womanIsraels painted this monumental portrait of Mata Hari in the previous year, while she was temporarily living in The Hague. He portrays her as an elegant, self-assured young woman. The painting is rendered in loose, quick brushstrokes and smears, with little colour. All the attention is focused on her tall, dignified stature.
Artist |
|
|---|---|
Download |
|
Permissions |
Free for non commercial use. See below. |
 |
This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. However - you may not use this image for commercial purposes and you may not alter the image or remove the watermark. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
|
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may
not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the
