Coffee sorters were women who sifted imported coffee beans from Indonesia, removing the bad beans. Their sober, hardworking existence is accentuated by the drab and subdued colour palette. The women, seated in parallel lines at long tables, all look alike as if they have no personal identity and are simply living machines.
Specifications
| Title | The Coffee Sorters |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 76 cm Height 100 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Isaac Israels
|
| Accession number | 1361 (MK) |
| Credits | Gift G.L.M. van Es, 1935 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1935 |
| Creation date | in 1886 |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) |
| External exhibitions |
(H)erkennen Herbouwen. Wonderkamers van het Rotterdams koloniale verleden. (2023) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Isaac Israels
Amsterdam 1865 - Den Haag 1934
Isaac Israëls was the son of Jozef Israëls, one of the masters of the Hague School. He studied at the art academy in The Hague from 1878 to 1880. Mesdag, the...
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