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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:: 40064
The Land of Thirst
mk155
1869
Oil on canvas
103x143.2cm
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Painting ID:: 40065
Algerian Town
mk155
1853
Oil on canvas
Transferred to board
17.8x26cm
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Painting ID:: 40066
A Street in El-Aghouat
mk155
c.1859
Oil on canvas
142x103cm
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Painting ID:: 40067
Arab Horsemen Resting
mk155
1868
Oil on canvas
54.5x64.5cm
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Painting ID:: 40068
Hawking in Algeria
mk155
1863
Oil on canvas
162.5x117.8cm
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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: | Howard Pyle | Henriette Ronner | Henry d Estienne | William Samuel Horton | Rubens Santoro |
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