Tag: John Frederick Lewis
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01 Orientalist Painting, John Frederick Lewis’ Veiled Egyptian Girl, with footnotes, #15
John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804 – 15 August 1876) was an Orientalist English painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in exquisitely detailed watercolour or oils. Lewis lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and (after his return to England) painted highly detailed works showing both realistic genre scenes of…
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22 Works, Today, June 14th. is John Frederick Lewis’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #162
Leaving Rome early in 1840, Lewis travelled to Constantinople, seeing Albania, Corfu, Athens and Smyrna en route. He spent the best part of a year in the Levant, but in November 1841, at the age of thirty-six, he sailed for Egypt. John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804–15 August 1876) was a British Orientalist…
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John Frederick Lewis, (1805–1876), The Rialto Bridge, c. 1827 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #32
John Frederick Lewis, (1805–1876) The Rialto Bridge, c. 1827 Watercolor Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Museum The Rialto Bridge (Ponte de Rialto) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as…
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 15
John Frederick Lewis RA , 1804-1875 A Veiled Egyptian Girl, Cairo, c. 1940 Watercolour and bodycolour 15 ½ x 11 ¼ inches; 396 x 285 mm Private collection John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804 – 15 August 1876) was an Orientalist English painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in exquisitely detailed watercolour or…
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