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*Eugene-Samuel-Auguste Fromentin (1820-1876) Recto: studies of an arab on horseback; verso: standing male nude seen from the back. Black and red chalk with stumping (recto); black chalk (verso). 399 by 238mm. Fromentin was greatly devoted to Orientalism, and travelled three times to Algeria. The eleven Orientalist pictures he submitted to the Salon of 1850-51 established his reputation for such subject-matter. The third, extended stay in Algeria in 1853 resulted in two travel books, which are still well known and a store of sketches and visual images upon which he drew throughout his career. His favored subjects were scenes of Arab Lion Hunts, for which many studies exist, such as this, of animals and riders on horseback, as well as desert scenes, battle scenes a

*Eugene-Samuel-Auguste Fromentin (1820-1876)
Recto: studies of an arab on horseback;
verso: standing male nude seen from the back.
Black and red chalk with stumping (recto); black chalk (verso).
399 by 238mm.
Fromentin was greatly devoted to Orientalism, and travelled three times to Algeria. The eleven Orientalist pictures he submitted to the Salon of 1850-51 established his reputation for such subject-matter. The third, extended stay in Algeria in 1853 resulted in two travel books, which are still well known and a store of sketches and visual images upon which he drew throughout his career. His favored subjects were scenes of Arab Lion Hunts, for which many studies exist, such as this, of animals and riders on horseback, as well as desert scenes, battle scenes and depictions of the difficult life of the Berber nomads.
*Eugene-Samuel-Auguste Fromentin (1820-1876)
Recto: studies of an arab on horseback;
verso: standing male nude seen from the back.
Black and red chalk with stumping (recto); black chalk (verso).
399 by 238mm.
Fromentin was greatly devoted to Orientalism, and travelled three times to Algeria. The eleven Orientalist pictures he submitted to the Salon of 1850-51 established his reputation for such subject-matter. The third, extended stay in Algeria in 1853 resulted in two travel books, which are still well known and a store of sketches and visual images upon which he drew throughout his career. His favored subjects were scenes of Arab Lion Hunts, for which many studies exist, such as this, of animals and riders on horseback, as well as desert scenes, battle scenes and depictions of the difficult life of the Berber nomads.