'Neighborly Gossip'
1897
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
h 40.5cm × w 62.8cm × t 3.4cm × d 12.5cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
'Buurpraatje'. Twee vrouwen maken een praatje voor een boerenwoning. De linker vrouw is geleund op het houten hek om het erf van de woning. Bij het hek staan enkele dunne bomen.
About the Artist
Jozef Israëls · 1824–1911
Israëls was born in Groningen to poor Jewish parents. He trained as an artist in Groningen and Amsterdam, and between 1845 and 1855, he expanded his training by travelling to Paris, Dusseldorf, and the artist's colony at Oosterbeek. However, the most influential locations he visited were the Dutch seaside towns of Zandvoort and Katwijk, were he adopted genre painting as a means of documenting the ...