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Eugene Fromentin
1820-1876
He was born in La Rochelle. After leaving school he studied for some years under Louis Cabat, the landscape painter. Fromentin was one of the earliest pictorial interpreters of Algeria, having been able, while quite young, to visit the land and people that suggested the subjects of most of his works, and to store his memory as well as his portfolio with the picturesque and characteristic details of North African life. In 1849 he obtained a medal of the second class.
In 1852 he paid a second visit to Algeria, accompanying an archaeological mission, and then completed that minute study of the scenery of the country and of the habits of its people which enabled him to give to his after-work the realistic accuracy that comes from intimate knowledge. In a certain sense his works are contributions to ethnological science as much as they are works of art.
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Painting ID:: 1287
Desert Scene
1868
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Painting ID:: 20800
Eqyptian Women on the Edge of the Nile (san12)
1876
3' 11 1/4"x3' 5 1/4"(120x105cm)
Bequest of Mrs.Aristide Boucicaut,
1888
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Painting ID:: 20809
The land of Thirst (san15)
3' 4 1/2"x4' 8 1/4"(103x143cm)
Bequest of Edouard Martell
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Painting ID:: 20820
Moorish Burial (san25)
1' 1"x1' 10"(32.5x56cm)
Gife of Etienne Moreau-Nelation 1907
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Painting ID:: 11219
The Land of Thirst
ca 1869
3' 4 1/2'' x 4' 8 1/4''(103 x 143 cm)
Bequest of Edouard Martell,1920
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Eugene Fromentin
1820-1876
He was born in La Rochelle. After leaving school he studied for some years under Louis Cabat, the landscape painter. Fromentin was one of the earliest pictorial interpreters of Algeria, having been able, while quite young, to visit the land and people that suggested the subjects of most of his works, and to store his memory as well as his portfolio with the picturesque and characteristic details of North African life. In 1849 he obtained a medal of the second class.
In 1852 he paid a second visit to Algeria, accompanying an archaeological mission, and then completed that minute study of the scenery of the country and of the habits of its people which enabled him to give to his after-work the realistic accuracy that comes from intimate knowledge. In a certain sense his works are contributions to ethnological science as much as they are works of art.
. Related Artists to Eugene Fromentin: | Filippo Balbi | Stefano di Giovanni Sassetta | Frans van Leemputten | Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov | NEER, Eglon van der |
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