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JOSEPH IsRAELgS PAINTINGS.

| METHOD OF IT'S Anr-PEAsANT LIFE IN uoLLAsD
FAITHFULLY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or SEVERAL
OF Ills PAINTINGS.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBufEi
The HAGUE, May 1O.-Dutch art origin
ated in the great revival Of poetic and artistic feeling
which swept iko Europe toward the close OK
tho Middle Agcs The subjects foT long time were
eycrywbore the sameBiblica legendary. The treat
mont was purely national Tane Ia his Art In the Meth
erands" has admirably shown what influences OF cii-
mate etc., united to give fts peculiar character " THIS
hardy oashoot Of the great Teutonc race-how tho gray
foes the bursts Of sunshine through cloudIifts tho
0reon Mains half water half morass the smiling
defiant master or servant bOth-a have combined to
develop the art Of this wonderful people It's character
Istics have remained the same unmodihcd by change"
subject or OF timethe Virgin and Child OF van Eyck
the silk and velvet arrayod cavalier OF Ners, Tener'
reyels, or Van Huysums briiianthued howers sh9
fruits-eyery where intense realism
We are apt rank realistic art very low, as ms'erhS
only To the grosser ases But has its poetic az well %
prosaic side; and among those who nave presentec
homely truth ennobled and beautihed b. the toucho
eepns none has surpassed Joseph Israes, the arsIp
peasant fo Tho works OF this painter arc great iron
their very simplicity and drcctness OF purpose me pu
of sentiment and the quiet subdicd feeling which per
vades them all In pictures there IL no striving aftr
effect The nc qualities tn Of Themselves, or
rather to grow OF the sccne as they 90 IN h'"r'
There ia an entire of shop work. Inc pic'ur's
are like ordinary life, though the scene was an ae'i
ouo And so In one they for the great artit
has studied with love and reverence IN the hu'np"
homes OF the people, striving 10 reproduce on Ills canV'
the deep pathos the simple, poetic story Oh theT every
day lifc Is to him poem when ne writes on caydS'
Mr. Israels is OF the few born artists lie rcceveo
e. tro the most thorough academic training I'D fars ava
Brusses but continued, nevertheless, TO escape wl'h
worry small amount OF routine knowledge. Whil0 SIN
scboar he rebelJed against the teaching and preces f'
his masters making himself thoroughly dsagrceape anu
unpopuar At last he broke loose from Ills torchors'
and shaking off the dust OF their cities from AIS iect "t
quietly TO little fishing village on the Duteh COAST
where he worked untrinely, indoors and our OF ooos
lust as it Glanced but always from nature His siuoe'
or IN .be home, OF the poor He told the story OF their
daily lifc.
Casting aside all convenonalitics Of style ard work
opsip taking nature his only guide, with the anoa
city of true reforncr be established new ana chfoy
original school OF art In this school simplicity Vi s"D
ioct and composition are insisted upon g Tone ana per
ina arc tho first things to be decided in copos''on'
his advice to pupil Get those right whether out OF or
i'm door, then the question IL where to put your fgres
Ills difficult way to treat subject just because Is so
artistic and simple but it explains the WohderI eec
for which his own pictures are so Femarkabe But ad
nlred as he is this great painter is teacher without
dscl,es for his art il essentially the offspring OF MS
own poetic soul that have successfully Initiated
him anil unlike the great stcrs generally he seems 10
have no ambition disseminate his peculiar ideas Al
though friendly youg artists, giving advice ana cou
sci freely, lie rarely has pupil.
In person Israels small delicate man, with bright;
keen eye He speaks somewhat b:oken English ID
foreble manner emphasizing his reuarks with oreioe
cashlres For many years he resided IN Amsterdam bu'
finally removed to The Hague whore be now lives IN s
house I'm which he has his studio. Both house AMI stdo
arc filed with beautiful echings ard photographs aer
famous artists especially his fayolite master Rembrandt
rTs.-,A ra1tnI ha /. tarQr
fired of studying. Among his recent works is one that
,gas I'm the last Spring Exhibition of the Royal Academy
in London 1t is called 1.-THE Anxious Family
and is, perhaps, fne an example IS
1 can give OF this artists peculiar maIhe'
OF thought and working 1t is beautiful, quiet picture.
harmonious tone. The little family looks eagerly ont for
fathers return before the gathering storm breaA
III Ia impossible describe IN words the feeling expressed
In the figures Of the oldest persons. mother aud daughter
who wd;t IN anxious uncertainty. Inc WHO sts at Inc
window looking cut upon lowering, reddish sky. She
wears the simple costume Of the Scaeveningeis-a llhe
Jacket, white cap and dark pctuseai On her ace + a.
expression OF profound anxiety Perhaps tc most SAM
fu thing the picture is the way the artist has MANAGED
this figure and the light Of tue win tow ihe iaee OF ne
browns and reds of the interior.
slim toichings We're being given Ia it The Mother
and Boy" They sit opposite each 0tler ~ taDt, ~
which stands their MONDAY meal, ar1e white bow
flied with stcaming potatoes the ordinary food OF lae
peasants They saying slleht grace amer ne Gus
tom Of plOus people. There Is simple, qulet rev
errnce in the bowed faces Of tie two. The light comes
from behind through long. narrow window over INC
door, above which grapevine crows thesH lie i,-n'
falls strongly the hard-worKod hands OF the nvi",
which lie pi6usy folded in hcrlan slo Is dressed - !
light Jacket and white cap. 1he boy wears nn ich
SHIRT. He has flesh, simple face WIN .
dovOut expression. The simple, quiet sehlin,hI $
very touching very charming composition represent.
an old peasant and her eat mt doorway he old woman
is passing ilO the cottage, and stops holding me door
OMEN cat to enter SAo wears llac Nr>s ana mo
lrge, picturesque straw lat or the SohaeNeng peas
anry This picture is fine in color but not SD strong IN
coast scenes beautifully gray and tender in tone the
composition very simple but poetic in ieeInga htrech
of beach witl man driving cart little embarrassing
itself with rough payhne or watching the waves roll
in upon the shorethat Is all, but all most ehathhs III
Mr. Isracls showed us large number Of beautiful etc
ings hat he has made within the year very Remhand'lsh
In eItent.among them portrait OF us W. me ~. .ns
club at Tho Hague, and has executed these WIFE great
enthusiasm. 1t has been said that the are number oi
orders receives has made him careless OF late years
and that his pictures losing the fine grays and ex
qusite tenderness Of tone. But certainly the pictures
saw His studio in respect inferior 10 those eA-
hibcd Ia Vienna during tho great Exposition, Where one
OF them hung in the sale Honneur. During the Last
two years Miss NJ. L. Stone, artist Of your city.
has been studying with Mr. Israeis. lie has
taken great interest in her progress and work saw
They are very vigorous and strong in color. very
charming composition partly finished on her cast
fagots and the hrge heavy bundles lie beside them.
Tncy resting the shady hi sde ana have "a Atn 1ut
of grown people The sunlight end shadow on the hui
side very ne and the children are simple 10 bearing
Another picture quite finished oil little child STING
on tho deck OF canal boat which is passing by Al snnt
promises we'll The little girl sits with her doll Dcsi1e
her and only large, wiry looking dog Tor rSlan non,
sky The harmony OF thispictre is vay fne Miss Stone
has made number Of line drawings on wood ior n.rsn,
life in Brabant The interiors and picturesque costumes
afford her Admirable subjects She proposes retarng 70
New-York at no distant day, end VIII bring WIZ N''
ample material for new pictures.
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