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John Frederick Lewis - Sheikh el Belled; Kom Ombo

Sheikh el Belled; Kom Ombo (1850)

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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The Harem

The Harem (1876)

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Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero (1836)

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Sketch for In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo

Sketch for In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo

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Study of a Crouching Fox, Facing Right

Study of a Crouching Fox, Facing Right

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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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Walton-On-Thames A Study Of A Greek Man

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

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An Arab of the desert of Sinai

An Arab of the desert of Sinai (1858)

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The Temple of Edfu; The Door of the Pylon

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

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Seated Turk

Seated Turk

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Roman Pilgrims

Roman Pilgrims (1854)

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A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony 1840

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Halt In The Desert

Halt In The Desert

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Study for ‘The Pipe Bearer’

Study for ‘The Pipe Bearer’ (1841–51)

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