Jozef Israëls vs. Victor Hugo
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Jozef Israëls
1824 – 1911
Jozef Israëls was a Dutch painter. He was a leading member of the group of landscape painters referred to as the Hague School and was, during his lifetime, "the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of the nineteenth century."
"The picture of the 'New Flower' is really one of those I did with much idea of having to express loveliness and youth both in human feeling and in the naturally…"
Victor Hugo
1802 – 1885
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
"What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars …"