[1] There he met Jozef Israëls, whose fishing subjects were to be a lasting source of inspiration for Artz.

[1] Unlike Israëls, however, Artz depicted only the more cheerful sides of the fisherman's life.

[1] Technically, he distinguished himself from Israëls in his use of sharp outlines and bright colour.

In Paris he maintained close contacts with his colleagues Jacob Maris and Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer as well as the art dealer Goupil & Cie. During this period Artz produced mainly fashionable genre scenes and a number of Japanese subjects.

In 1874 he returned to The Hague where he was a member of the Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij and in 1879 he was awarded the Order of the Oak Crown by William III of the Netherlands.