![Isaac Israels - The Drummer [c.1890-1910]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7676/17037981176_49b3dcbf1a_o.jpg)
Isaac Israels (1865 - 1934) was a Dutch artist. The son of the cultivated and sophisticated painter Jozef Israels, he developed an interest in literature, travel and painting as a child. Between 1878 and 1880 he studied at the academy in The Hague. Apart from one or two extensive travels, from 1886 Israels lived in Amsterdam. In that year he registered at the Amsterdam Academy of Art to complete his schooling. However, he only stayed for the one year: there was not much more they could teach him. Israels often spent the summer months with his father in Scheveningen. Fascinated by the changeable light of sun and sea, he painted many colourful seaside scenes.
[Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Oil on canvas, 100 x 65 cm]