02 Works, The Art of War, Théodore Chassériau’s Battle of Arab Horsemen and Carrying Away Their Dead, with footnotes

Chassériau composed this scene after spending two months in Algeria in 1846. Like Eugène Delacroix, whose work he admired, Chassériau drew artistic inspiration from his experiences in North Africa. Unlike the older painter, who produced numerous fictional illustrations after his travels in Morocco, Chassériau promoted the documentary portrayal of the “Orient…”

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