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Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

American, 1847-1928
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects.

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Bridgman was the son of a physician. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864–65, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design. He went to Paris in 1866, and in 1867 he entered the studio of the noted academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), where he was deeply influenced by Gérôme's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. Thereafter, Paris became his headquarters. In 1874, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1881.

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 that attracted immediate attention. Bridgman became known as "the American Gérôme", although Bridgman would later adopt a more naturalistic aesthetic, emphasizing bright colors and painterly brushwork. His large and important composition, The funeral rites of a mummy on the Nile (1876–77; Speed Art Museum, Louisville), exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1877 and Royal Academy of Arts in 1881, bought by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., brought him the Cross of the Legion of Honor. The painting was later purchased by the famous American collector Wendell Cherry who donated it to the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky in 1990.

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. 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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De quoi parlent les jeunes filles (Concerning what the young women are talking about)

De quoi parlent les jeunes filles (Concerning what the young women are talking about) (circa 1870)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Les babouches

Les babouches

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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En Normandie

En Normandie (1917)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Landscape
Fording the Stream, Algeria

Fording the Stream, Algeria (1880s)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Tender Moments

Tender Moments (1875)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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A Precious Jewel

A Precious Jewel (1874)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Woman of Algiers on a Veranda

Woman of Algiers on a Veranda (1893)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Prayer in the Mosque, Cairo

Prayer in the Mosque, Cairo (1876)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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An Afternoon in Algiers

An Afternoon in Algiers

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Lady with Peaches

Lady with Peaches

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Portrait of a Young Girl (1870)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Sur la côte de Tanger l’Atlantique

Sur la côte de Tanger l’Atlantique (1925)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Landscape
The Bazaar

The Bazaar

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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At The Water’s Edge

At The Water’s Edge

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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The Market Square

The Market Square

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Landscape
A Turkish Beauty

A Turkish Beauty (1880)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Young Oriental Woman On a Terrace

Young Oriental Woman On a Terrace (1880s)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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In The Harem

In The Harem (1894)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Tree Trunk

Tree Trunk (1885)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Landscape
Alger Mareh

Alger Mareh (1886)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Landscape
Pharaoh And His Army Engulfed By The Red Sea

Pharaoh And His Army Engulfed By The Red Sea (1900)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Religion
Return From The Hunt

Return From The Hunt

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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The Barber

The Barber

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Study Of A Group In An Interior

Study Of A Group In An Interior (1879)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Après le bain

Après le bain (1882)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Gyptis opéra légendaire

Gyptis opéra légendaire (1898)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Posters
Procession of the sacred bull Apis

Procession of the sacred bull Apis (1879)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Illustration
Diversion of an Assyrian king

Diversion of an Assyrian king (1883)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
Illustration
Le Marché

Le Marché (1923)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven

Study of a Young Girl, Pont Aven (1869)

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847-1928)
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