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Frederick Arthur Bridgman
American Painter, 1847-1928
was an American artist, born in Tuskegee, Alabama. An American Southerner, born in Tuskeegee, Alabama, the son of a physician, Bridgman would become one of the United States' most well-known and well-regarded painters and become known as one of the world's most talented "Orientalist" painters. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864-1865, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design; but he went to Paris in 1866 and became a pupil of Jean-Leon Gerôme. Paris then became his headquarters. A trip to Egypt in 1873-1874 resulted in pictures of the East that attracted immediate attention, and his large and important composition, The Funeral Procession of a Mummy on the Nile, in the Paris Salon (1877), bought by James Gordon Bennett, brought him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Other paintings by him were An American Circus in Normandy, Procession of the Bull Apis (now in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), and a Rumanian Lady (in the Temple collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). In 1867, Bridgman entered the studio of the noted academic painter Jean-Leon Gerôme (1824-1904), where he was deeply influenced by Gerôme's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. (Bridgman would even become known as "the American Gerôme.") No mere imitator, however, Bridgman would later adopt a more naturalistic aesthetic, emphasizing bright colors and painterly brushwork. Bridgman made his first trip to North Africa between 1872 and 1874, dividing his time between Algeria and Egypt. There he executed approximately three hundred sketches, which became the source material for several later oil paintings. Additional visits to the region throughout the 1870s and 1880s allowed him to amass a collection of costumes, architectural pieces, and objets d'art, which often appear in his paintings. (Amusingly, John Singer Sargent noted that Bridgman's overstuffed studio, along with the Eiffel Tower, were Paris's must-see attractions.) Though Bridgman maintained a lifelong connection to France, his popularity in America never waned. Indeed, in 1890, the artist had a one-man show of over 400 pictures in New York's 5th Avenue galleries. When the show moved to Chicago's Art Institute, it contained only 300 works - testimony to the high number of sales Bridgman had made.
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Fete du Prophete au cimetiere de Blidah (mk32)
huile sur toile signee et datee 1900 65 x 54 cm Coll part
Painting ID:: 25187
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Fete_du_Prophete_au_cimetiere_de_Blidah_(mk32)
huile sur toile signee et datee 1900 65 x 54 cm Coll part
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Interior of an Algerian House,Biskra (mk32)
(Interieur d'une maison algerienne a Biskra) huile sur toile,signee et datee 1881 72.5 x 104 cm Anc Mathaf Gallery Londres
Painting ID:: 25209
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Interior_of_an_Algerian_House,Biskra_(mk32)
(Interieur d'une maison algerienne a Biskra) huile sur toile,signee et datee 1881 72.5 x 104 cm Anc Mathaf Gallery Londres
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Femme faisant boire des chevaux (mk32)
huile sur toile signee et datee 1921 62 x 90 cm Galerie Berko Knokke-le-zoute et Paris
Painting ID:: 25234
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Femme_faisant_boire_des_chevaux_(mk32)
huile sur toile signee et datee 1921 62 x 90 cm Galerie Berko Knokke-le-zoute et Paris
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Interior of a Biskra Cafe, Algiers.
1884. Oil on canvas. 27 x 44 in. (68.5 x 111.7 cm ). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc.., NY.
Painting ID:: 61847
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Interior_of_a_Biskra_Cafe,_Algiers.
1884. Oil on canvas. 27 x 44 in. (68.5 x 111.7 cm ). Courtesy Vance Jordan Fine Art Inc.., NY.
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A Challenging Moment.
Oil on canvas. 19 x 25 in. (48.25 x 63.5 cm). Private Collection.
Painting ID:: 61959
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A_Challenging_Moment.
Oil on canvas. 19 x 25 in. (48.25 x 63.5 cm). Private Collection.
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Frederick_Arthur_Bridgman
American Painter, 1847-1928
was an American artist, born in Tuskegee, Alabama. An American Southerner, born in Tuskeegee, Alabama, the son of a physician, Bridgman would become one of the United States' most well-known and well-regarded painters and become known as one of the world's most talented "Orientalist" painters. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864-1865, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design; but he went to Paris in 1866 and became a pupil of Jean-Leon Gerôme. Paris then became his headquarters. A trip to Egypt in 1873-1874 resulted in pictures of the East that attracted immediate attention, and his large and important composition, The Funeral Procession of a Mummy on the Nile, in the Paris Salon (1877), bought by James Gordon Bennett, brought him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Other paintings by him were An American Circus in Normandy, Procession of the Bull Apis (now in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), and a Rumanian Lady (in the Temple collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). In 1867, Bridgman entered the studio of the noted academic painter Jean-Leon Gerôme (1824-1904), where he was deeply influenced by Gerôme's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. (Bridgman would even become known as "the American Gerôme.") No mere imitator, however, Bridgman would later adopt a more naturalistic aesthetic, emphasizing bright colors and painterly brushwork. Bridgman made his first trip to North Africa between 1872 and 1874, dividing his time between Algeria and Egypt. There he executed approximately three hundred sketches, which became the source material for several later oil paintings. Additional visits to the region throughout the 1870s and 1880s allowed him to amass a collection of costumes, architectural pieces, and objets d'art, which often appear in his paintings. (Amusingly, John Singer Sargent noted that Bridgman's overstuffed studio, along with the Eiffel Tower, were Paris's must-see attractions.) Though Bridgman maintained a lifelong connection to France, his popularity in America never waned. Indeed, in 1890, the artist had a one-man show of over 400 pictures in New York's 5th Avenue galleries. When the show moved to Chicago's Art Institute, it contained only 300 works - testimony to the high number of sales Bridgman had made.
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