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John Frederick Lewis
John Frederick Lewis

John Frederick Lewis

English, 1805-1876
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John Frederick Lewis was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and after his return to England in 1851 he specialized in highly detailed works showing both realistic genre scenes of Middle Eastern life and more idealized scenes in upper class Egyptian interiors with little apparent Western influence.

His very careful and loving representation of Islamic architecture, furnishings, screens, and costumes set new standards of realism, which influenced other artists, including the leading French Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme in his later works. Unlike many other Orientalist painters who took a salacious interest in the women of the Middle East, he "never painted a nude", and his wife modelled for several of his harem scenes. These, with the rare examples by the classicist painter Lord Leighton, imagine "the harem as a place of almost English domesticity, ... [where]... women's fully clothed respectability suggests a moral healthiness to go with their natural good looks".

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An Interior with Armor and Weaponry

An Interior with Armor and Weaponry

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Still Life
Sheikh el Belled; Kom Ombo

Sheikh el Belled; Kom Ombo (1850)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
The Temple of Edfu; The Door of the Pylon

The Temple of Edfu; The Door of the Pylon (1850)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Venice The Grand Canal and Rialto

Venice The Grand Canal and Rialto (1838)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Study Of Three Arabs

Study Of Three Arabs

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Study Of A Young Neapolitan Woman In Rome

Study Of A Young Neapolitan Woman In Rome

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
The Pipe Bearer

The Pipe Bearer (1856)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
The Harem

The Harem (1876)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Lilium Auratum

Lilium Auratum (1871)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Tyrolese Hunters

Tyrolese Hunters (1827)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
St. Goarhausen on the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz

St. Goarhausen on the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz (1827)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt

On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt (1876)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

Figures and Animals in a Vineyard (1829)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Peasants Of The Italian Tyrol At Their Devotions

Peasants Of The Italian Tyrol At Their Devotions (1829)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero (1836)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Roman Pilgrims

Roman Pilgrims (1854)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Highland Hospitality

Highland Hospitality (1832)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
An Arab of the desert of Sinai

An Arab of the desert of Sinai (1858)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
A Young Turkish Woman

A Young Turkish Woman (1841-1851)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
A Street Scene in Granada on the Day of the Bullfight

A Street Scene in Granada on the Day of the Bullfight (1833)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception)

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception) (1873)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
The Via Mala

The Via Mala

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
The Valley of Lutscheuen

The Valley of Lutscheuen

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
The Ramesseum at Thebes

The Ramesseum at Thebes

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
And The Prayer Of Faith Shall Save The Sick

And The Prayer Of Faith Shall Save The Sick

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
A Bedouin Encampment; Or, Bedouin Arabs

A Bedouin Encampment; Or, Bedouin Arabs

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Game Keeper And Boy Ferreting A Rabbit

Game Keeper And Boy Ferreting A Rabbit

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Seated Turk

Seated Turk

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Sheik Hussein Of Gebel Tor And His Son

Sheik Hussein Of Gebel Tor And His Son

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
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