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John Frederick Lewis - Lilium Auratum

Lilium Auratum (1871)

John Frederick Lewis (English, 1805-1876)
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The Artist died in 1876 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.
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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On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy (1829)

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A Bedouin Encampment at Gebel Tor in the Sinai Desert

A Bedouin Encampment at Gebel Tor in the Sinai Desert (ca. 1842-1843)

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A road near Seville, Spain

A road near Seville, Spain

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The Ramesseum at Thebes

The Ramesseum at Thebes

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Two Camels

Two Camels (ca. 1843)

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Study Of A Man Wearing North African Dress

Study Of A Man Wearing North African Dress

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The Harem

The Harem (1876)

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Portrait of General Jochmus Pasha, circa 1841

Portrait of General Jochmus Pasha, circa 1841

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Interior of an Eastern House

Interior of an Eastern House (between 1840 and 1851)

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On Mount Sinai

On Mount Sinai (circa 1843)

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Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha (c. 1844)

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And The Prayer Of Faith Shall Save The Sick

And The Prayer Of Faith Shall Save The Sick

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Highland Hospitality

Highland Hospitality (1832)

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On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt

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

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