Schetsboek XLV met 85 pagina's 1875 - 1934

This is Sketchbook XLV with 85 pages, created by Isaac Israels, who lived from 1865 to 1934. The intimate dimensions of this sketchbook invite us to consider the world through Israels' eyes. Israels, a Dutch Jewish artist, navigated the social currents of his time, capturing fleeting moments of everyday life. His sketches provide a window into the worlds he inhabited, from the bustling streets of Amsterdam to scenes of leisure and labor. What do these sketches reveal about Israels' own identity and his relationship to the society around him? Israels captured the subtleties of human expression, the unspoken stories etched on faces. In his sketchbooks we see a desire to capture life's rich tapestry. These sketches, born from personal experience, invite us to reflect on our own connections to the past and present.