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John Frederick Lewis - A Bedouin

A Bedouin (1841-1851)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
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John Frederick Lewis

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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Interior of an Eastern House

Interior of an Eastern House (between 1840 and 1851)

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In Toledo

In Toledo (circa 1832)

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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)
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha (c. 1844)

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A Frank Encampment In The Desert Of Mount Sinai, 1842

A Frank Encampment In The Desert Of Mount Sinai, 1842 (1862)

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A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

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On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy

On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy (1829)

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The Via Mala

The Via Mala

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Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Asking for alms

Asking for alms

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Portrait study of an Italian peasant girl

Portrait study of an Italian peasant girl

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

Peasants Of The Italian Tyrol At Their Devotions (1829)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Two Horses

Two Horses

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
Harriet Ford’s maid

Harriet Ford’s maid (1833)

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

In Segovia (circa 1832)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
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