|
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 40059
The Tribal Tents
mk155
1850
Oil on canvas
44.3x85.2cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 40060
Moroccan Burial
mk155
1853
Oil on canvas
32.5x56cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 40061
On the Nile,Near Philae
mk155
1871
Oil on canvas
63.8x110.6cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 40062
View of the Nile
mk155
c.1870
Oil on wood
32.5x41cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 40063
The Nile
mk155
1876
Oil on canvas
102x143cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
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: | Alphonse Legros | Cesare Mussini | Frans van Mieris | BOLLONGIER, Hans | Ole Peter Hansen Balling |
|
|
