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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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Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Figurative
Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Main Entrance of Great Mosque, (Ulu cami) Bursa, Turkey,

Main Entrance of Great Mosque, (Ulu cami) Bursa, Turkey,

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
Interior of the Great Mosque, (Ulucami) Bursa, Turkey

Interior of the Great Mosque, (Ulucami) Bursa, Turkey

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Landscape
In Segovia

In Segovia (circa 1832)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
Walton-On-Thames A Study Of A Greek Man

Walton-On-Thames A Study Of A Greek Man (1828)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha (c. 1844)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
Syrian sketch (Mount Sinai)

Syrian sketch (Mount Sinai) (circa 1843)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
On Mount Sinai

On Mount Sinai (circa 1843)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
In Toledo

In Toledo (circa 1832)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
The Torre de Comares, Alhambra

The Torre de Comares, Alhambra (1835)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle

A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle (1826)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
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On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy

On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy (1829)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
A Jewish Woman Of Gibraltar Or Tangier

A Jewish Woman Of Gibraltar Or Tangier

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Drawings
Study of a Lion and Study of a Lioness’ Head

Study of a Lion and Study of a Lioness’ Head (1820)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
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