There are few specifically Jewish subjects in Max Liebermann’s work except for a series of oil paintings, drawings, pastels, and prints executed between l905 and l909 depicting a street in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam. During consecutive summers, Lieberman returned to this section of the city, renting a room from which to observe the activities of the street, with its lively market and bustling crowds circulating around carts heaped with vegetables. In this painting, Liebermann focuses on the bustle of people in the market employing a fluid technique that joins the Realist’s interest in everyday details with the Impressionist’s desire for fleeting visual effects and shifting light.
		Max Liebermann (German, 1847-1935) Jewish Street in Amsterdam, 1908 Oil on wood Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt