Escuela Orientalista (XIX-XX) - Portrait
French Orientalist School of the early 20th century.
Represents an Arab Character. Oil on panel.
Measurements: 28 x 15 cm; 39 x 27 cm (frame) .
Male character with a wide tunic and turban, clothing that transfers the scene to an orientalist concept of it.
This orientalism current was born in the 19th century, being present during the 20th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space.
During the second half of the 19th century, however, many of the painters who traveled to the Middle East in search of that invented reality discovered a different and new country, which stood out with its peculiarities above the stereotypes and prejudices of Europeans. Thus, this new orientalist school leaves behind the beautiful odalisques, the harems and the slave markets to paint nothing more than what they see, the real East in all its everyday dimension. Along with the change in vision comes a technical and formal change; Since it is no longer a matter of recreating an imagined world in all its details, the brushstroke acquires impressionistic ease, and the artists focus not so much on the representation of types and customs as on the faithful reflection of the atmosphere of the place, the own identity of the North African populations.
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French Orientalist School of the early 20th century.
Represents an Arab Character. Oil on panel.
Measurements: 28 x 15 cm; 39 x 27 cm (frame) .
Male character with a wide tunic and turban, clothing that transfers the scene to an orientalist concept of it.
This orientalism current was born in the 19th century, being present during the 20th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space.
During the second half of the 19th century, however, many of the painters who traveled to the Middle East in search of that invented reality discovered a different and new country, which stood out with its peculiarities above the stereotypes and prejudices of Europeans. Thus, this new orientalist school leaves behind the beautiful odalisques, the harems and the slave markets to paint nothing more than what they see, the real East in all its everyday dimension. Along with the change in vision comes a technical and formal change; Since it is no longer a matter of recreating an imagined world in all its details, the brushstroke acquires impressionistic ease, and the artists focus not so much on the representation of types and customs as on the faithful reflection of the atmosphere of the place, the own identity of the North African populations.
Some damage, frame with some loss.
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