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John Frederick Lewis - Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero (1836)

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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A Young Turkish Woman

A Young Turkish Woman (1841-1851)

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Arab School

Arab School (1841–51)

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Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

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In Segovia

In Segovia (circa 1832)

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Highland Hospitality

Highland Hospitality (1832)

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The Hypaethral Temple At Philae, Upper Egypt

The Hypaethral Temple At Philae, Upper Egypt

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Head of a Young Woman

Head of a Young Woman (between 1838 and 1840)

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Portrait study of an Italian peasant girl

Portrait study of an Italian peasant girl

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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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Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

Study For The Proclamation Of Don Carlos

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Study Of Three Arabs

Study Of Three Arabs

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On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy

On the Terrace at Ischia, Italy (1829)

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Study of a Crouching Fox, Facing Right

Study of a Crouching Fox, Facing Right

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St. Goarhausen on the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz

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

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