Theme/Style: DUTCH IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER

1865: ISRAELS IS BORN IN AMSTERDAM TO ALIEDA AND JOSEF ISRAELS, A FAMOUS PAINTER, WHO TUTORS HIM IN PAINTING FROM A VERY EARLY AGE.
1871: ISAAC IS 7 YEARS OLD AND THE FAMILY MOVES TO THE HAGUE. THERE HE MEETS EDOUARD MANET AND OTHER PAINTERS AND ARTISTS OF THE TIME.
1878: FAMILY MAKES IT’S FIRST OF MANY TRIPS TO PARIS.
1882: ISRAELS EXHIBITS AT THE SALON DES ARTISTES FRANÇAIS IN PARIS. HE IS 17 YEARS OLD.
1885: EXHIBITS “VOLUNTEERS DEPARTING FOR THE COLONIES” AT THE PARIS SALON.
1889: ON A TRIP TO PARIS, HE MEETS ZOLA AND MALLARME.
1904: ISRAELS MOVES BACK TO PARIS AND PAINTS SUBJECTS HAVING TO DO WITH THE FASHION HOUSES. HE IS ALSO A PORTRAIT PAINTER. HIS CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES INCLUDE BREITNER, VON DONGEN, STEINLEN AND OTHER.
1914: OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I. ISRAELS SPENDS TIME IN HIS NATIVE HOLLAND.
1921: ISRAELS DEPARTS FOR THE DUTCH EAST INDIES (INDONESIA), VISITING INDIA, BALI AND JAVA. AFTER THIS TRIP HE RETURNS TO EUROPE.
1934: ISRAELS IS STRUCK BY A CAR AND DIES 3 DAYS LATER AT THE AGE OF 69.