"Riding a donkey along the beach" ( niderl. Ezeltje rijden langs het strand ) - a picture in the style of impressionism by the Netherlands artist Isaac Israelals , painted in 1898-1900 and is an oil painting on canvas measuring 51 × 70 cm. Currently stored in State Museum in Amsterdam .
Isaac Israel | ||
Riding a donkey along the beach . 1898–1900 | ||
Ezeltje rijden langs het strand | ||
Canvas, oil. 51 × 70 cm | ||
State Museum , Amsterdam | ||
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History
From 1886, the artist lived in Amsterdam, but from the mid-1890s during the summer he often stayed in The Hague with his father, the artist Joseph Israel . Together they rented the Villa Oranje-Hotel in Scheveningen . Israel Jr. preferred to relax on the beach, enjoying the view of the sun and the sea at different times of the day. During this period, he wrote several paintings in impressionism, depicting children riding on donkeys along the coast. Riding donkeys on the beach at the time was very popular entertainment.
Description
The painting shows three little girls in white dresses riding on donkeys along the beach line. Two of them have red hats, the youngest has a white hat. They are followed by a barefoot driver in a blue shirt, gray pants and a gray cap. The girls are the daughters of the artist’s friends from left to right are Agatha Pauw, Suze Pont and Agatha's younger sister. The painter managed to convey the carefree atmosphere of a summer day - light breeze, heat and the sound of waves.
The picture is literally penetrated by sunlight. This is, above all, the painter's impression of the summer moment, conveyed to them by almost fragmentary strokes, without paying special attention to the image. Among a series of similar paintings by the artist, this painting is his most famous work and one of the most famous works of impressionist painting in the Netherlands.
Provenance
Originally, the painting was kept in London in the private collection of the Drucker-Fraser pair, which in 1944 bequeathed it to the State Museum in Amsterdam.
Literature
- van Heteren M. Jansen G. de Leeuw R. Poëzie der werkelijkheid; Nederlandse schilders van de negentiende eeuw . Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Waanders Uitgevers, pp. 190-191, 187. 2000. ISBN 90-400-9419-5