Tag: Henri Rousseau
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22 Orientalist Paintings, with foot notes, #6
The Orient—including present-day Turkey, Greece, the Middle East, and North Africa—exerted its allure on the Western artist’s imagination centuries prior to the turn of the nineteenth century… Please follow link for full post
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01 Orientalist Painting, Henri Rousseau’s The Hunt, with footnotes #111
Sold for 9,450 GBP in March 2022 The hunting of wild animals for food, sport or for the defence of people and herds,was common in the ancient Near East, especially in early times. The hunter’s pursuit of the quarry mirrors Fate’s pursuit of both humans and nonhumans and highlights the ambiguity of the encounter. With breathtaking…
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26 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists of the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes #8
Sold for 81,250 GBP in Dec 2016 The girl in the present work wears an ornate Ottoman gold coin headdress with a fringe of star-shaped amulets, and a matching necklace. With her white diaphanous veil and dress, and hair braided into a bun, she is dressed for a special occasion or celebration, possibly her own…
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20 Paintings by 19th Century Swiss, German and French Orientalist Artists, with foot notes #6
Sultan Mohammed II, famous conqueror who besieged and captured Constantinople in 1453, was an avid collector of works of art. He brought the famous Venetian painter Gentile Bellini (circa 1429–1507) in Constantinople, on the occasion of the peace agreements signed between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire in 1479. On that occasion, the…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, #14
‘In this illustrious piece of architecture, the artist has introduced a feeling, poetry and effect, which are among the highest attributes of genius. And yet every figure and feature of the scene are studied with the most perfect accuracy. The sun sets on the Libyan hills and, on the lower grounds, tinging them with a…
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26 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, #8
The girl in the present work wears an ornate Ottoman gold coin headdress with a fringe of star-shaped amulets, and a matching necklace. With her white diaphanous veil and dress, and hair braided into a bun, she is dressed for a special occasion or celebration, possibly her own wedding. The cropped composition and punctilious draughtsmanship…
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11 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, #15
Henri Rousseau Henry, Emilien Rousseau (Cairo 1875 — Aix-en-Provence in 1933) is an Orientalist painter. A pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Beaux Arts in Paris, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1900 and a travel grant at the Salon of French Artists. He traveled to Belgium, the Netherlands, North Africa, Spain and Italy…
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Henri Rousseau, 1875-1933, THE GAZELLE HUNT 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 34
Henri Rousseau, 1875-1933, FRENCH THE GAZELLE HUNT Oil on canvas 54.5 by 73cm., 21 by 28in. Private collection Henri Rousseau Henry, Emilien Rousseau (Cairo 1875 – Aix-en-Provence in 1933) was an Orientalist painter. A pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Beaux Arts in Paris, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1900 and a travel grant…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, #15
Henri ROUSSEAU, 1875 – 1933 Les cavaliers – 1919 Huile sur panneau h: 46 w: 55 cm Private collection Henri Rousseau Henry, Emilien Rousseau (Cairo 1875 – Aix-en-Provence in 1933) is an Orientalist painter. A pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Beaux Arts in Paris, he won the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1900 and…
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