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ID number: BIRBI-2001.9 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Israels, Jozef (1824-1911) Title / Object name: The fisherman Object type: Print Place made: Paris Culture: Dutch Date made: about 1883 Materials: Etching on wove paper, probably Japanese paper, with blind stamp. Measurements: 498 x 391 mm |
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Almost identical to an oil painting of about 1883 entitled The Fisherman or The Struggle for Existence, this etching portrays a man with his sleeves and trouser legs rolled up fishing for salmon. The work focuses on the fisherman rather than the landscape he inhabits. As such, it is a study of humanity and the struggle to survive rather than a topographical view of a river. Israëls trained and worked in Paris and his works depict scenes of rural Dutch communities with the truth and objectivity of French Realist artists like Millet and Courbet. Inscriptions / Translations: Inscriptions, sale stamps & c.: |
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