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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:: 40070
Arab Horsemen Resting
mk155
1868
Oil on canvas
54.5x64.5cm
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Painting ID:: 51840
Arab Horsemen in a Gorge
mk221
1873
Oil on canvas
85.1x62.9cm
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Painting ID:: 51841
The Caravan
mk221
1875
Oil on board
33x40.6cm
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Painting ID:: 61831
The Land of Thirst
ca. 1869. Oil on canvas. 40.5 x 55.75 in. ( 103 x 143 cm). Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France. ©Reunion des Musees Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.
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Painting ID:: 80708
Hunting heron, Algeria
1865. 2011-07-03 for photograph.
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 99 H, 142 L.
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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: | Thomas Doughty | Barend van Orley | GHEERAERTS, Marcus the Younger | wilhelm von gegerfelt | Viktor Vasnetsov |
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