On Country Roads and Fields
1892
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
10.5; 128; 185
About this artwork
oil on canvas
Art Historical Context
Jozef Israëls' *On Country Roads and Fields (1892) is a captivating oil on canvas painting measuring 128 × 185 cm, now housed in the Rijks. Created during the artist's mature years, it evokes the serene yet poignant beauty of the Dutch countryside, with winding roads and expansive fields likely rendered under the dramatic skies typical of the Netherlands. The large scale invites viewers into this immersive landscape, a hallmark of 19th-century European painting that emphasized emotional depth over mere topography. Israëls, a leading figure of the Hague School—a Dutch movement blending Realism...
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 ...