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Jozef Israels

Jozef Israels

Artist

WA-00027716

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None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

29

Works in Collection

47

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WikidataQ528460 ULAN500012980

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Drawings from the Kr�ller-M�ller National Museum, Otterlo

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2840
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Jozef Israels painted peasant and working-class life in a realist idiom distinguished by precise attention to light and texture. A central figure of the Hague School, he sustained a decades-long engagement with rural Dutch interiors and village communities, rendering their domestic spaces and labor with unflinching observation. His work bridges 19th-century Dutch genre painting and the emergence of modern social realism, establishing a visual vocabulary that would influence northern European painting into the 20th century.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (29)

The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan

1905 · Charcoal and red chalk heightened with white chalk, with traces of purple pastel, over graphite on grayish-green wove paper

Sheet: 47.3 × 65.6 cm (18 5/8 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stumbling Old Man

1898 · Etching and drypoint

Plate 6 x 4" (15.1 x 10.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Old Age

1890 · Oil on canvas

120.1 × 87 × 3.2 cm (47 1/4 × 34 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Seated Old Man

1890 · Black pastel, with charcoal and stumping, on ivory wove paper

40.5 × 33.5 cm (16 × 13 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mother and Child on a Seashore

Mother and Child on a Seashore

1885 · Oil on panel

48.4 × 74 cm (19 × 29 1/8 in.); Framed: 61 × 86.4 × 7 cm (24 × 34 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Woman Warming her Hands

Old Woman Warming her Hands

1883 · Etching on paper

Image: 38.6 × 28.2 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.); Plate: 41.3 × 29.3 cm (16 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 49.7 × 31.7 cm (19 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Smoker

1882 · Engraving on tan wove paper

Plate: 40.4 × 27.8 cm (15 15/16 × 11 in.); Sheet: 50 × 32 cm (19 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mother

1875 · Etching on board

Image: 15.4 × 23.4 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Sheet: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mother

1875 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl with a Spade

Girl with a Spade

1873 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Child, Waiting

Woman with Child, Waiting

1873 · Etching and drypoint

Plate 9 7/16 x 6 5/16" (24.0 x 15.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hand and Arm

1844 · Charcoal on cream wove paper

20.2 × 15.1 cm (8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Head

1844 · Black pastel, with stumping, on cream wove paper, laid on board

31.4 × 24.3 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Woman Sipping Cup of Tea

Old Woman Sipping Cup of Tea

1844 · Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping and traces of graphite, heightened with touches of white chalk, on cream wove paper

32.1 × 48.1 cm (12 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Man Seated in a Chair

Old Man Seated in a Chair

1844 · Charcoal on cream wove paper

46.5 × 29.6 cm (18 5/16 × 11 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Katwyk Woman

Old Katwyk Woman

1844 · Etching on cream laid paper

Image: 14.2 × 9.4 cm (5 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 28.5 cm (11 11/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Scholar Sitting in a Chair

Scholar Sitting in a Chair

1844 · Charcoal, heightened with white chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on woodpulp laminate board

33.5 × 45.6 cm (13 1/4 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Long Road

1844 · Watercolor, with black chalk, touches of red chalk, and wiping, on cream wood-pulp card

27.8 × 42.8 cm (11 × 16 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Couple

1844 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The New Flower

1844 · Engraving on tan wove paper

Plate: 57.7 × 33.4 cm (22 3/4 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 67.3 × 41.6 cm (26 1/2 × 16 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Seamstress

1844 · Engraving on vellum paper

Plate: 52.3 × 40.4 cm (20 5/8 × 15 15/16 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 46.9 cm (25 1/8 × 18 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1844 · Watercolor over graphite on paper, laid down on board

47 × 69.6 cm (18 9/16 × 27 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Homewards

1844 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The Old Sailor

1844 · Etching on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

29 published of 31 catalogued · 29 with image

Art Institute Chicago
27 published27 img
MoMA
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Images

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The Smoker (1882)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Peeling Potatoes (c. 1880)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl with basket seated on the shore (1879)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Stumbling Old Man

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Mrs. Israëls (1875)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Pancakes (c. 1875)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Mother (1875)

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl with a Spade (1873)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Drawings from the Kr�ller-M�ller National Museum, Otterlo

New York · 1973