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Frederick Arthur Bridgman

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Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae

The Sewing Lesson Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Sewing Lesson

At the Waters Edge Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

At the Waters Edge

The Young Scribe Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Young Scribe

Dans Une Ville de Campagne Alger Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Dans Une Ville de Campagne Alger

In the Harem Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

In the Harem

A Mounted Cavalryman Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

A Mounted Cavalryman

At Waters Edge Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

At Waters Edge

An Interesting Game Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Interesting Game

Idle Moments Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Idle Moments

The Diversion of an Assyrian King Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Diversion of an Assyrian King

The Prayer Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Prayer

An Egyptian Procession Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Egyptian Procession

An Egyptian Procession 2 Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Egyptian Procession 2

Pharaoh and his Army Engulfed by the Red Sea Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Pharaoh and his Army Engulfed by the Red Sea

An Egyptian Priest Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Egyptian Priest

The Procession of the Bull Apis Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Procession of the Bull Apis

Alger Mareh Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Alger Mareh

Halt in the Desert Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Halt in the Desert

Young Woman from Constantinople Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Young Woman from Constantinople

The Chess Players Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Chess Players

Portait of a Woman Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Portait of a Woman

La Fete des Bois. Les Bacchantes Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

La Fete des Bois. Les Bacchantes

After Party. Port Algiers Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

After Party. Port Algiers

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

After Party. Port Algiers

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Diversion Of An Assyrian King

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Portait of a Woman

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Arab Women at the Town Wall

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Dolce Far Niente

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Near The Kasbah

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Procession of the Sacred Bull Anubis

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Bathing Beauties

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

A Coastal Trail

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Almeh Flirting With An Armenian Policeman, Cairo

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Eastern Courtyard

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An Eastern Veranda

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Apollo Abducting Cyrene

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

At the Oasis

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Cleopatra's Barge

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Design For The Decoration Of An Aeolian Harp

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Funeral of the Mummy

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Harem Girl

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Moorish Girl, Algiers Countryside

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

L'Indolence

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

On The Coast Of Kabylie

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Pharaoh's Army Engulfed By The Red Sea

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Reclining By A Stream

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Spanish Lady

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Falcon Hunt

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Orange Seller

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Reading Lesson

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Return

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Women At The Cemetery, Algiers

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

The Harem Boats

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Women Drawing Water From The Nile

Frederick Arthur Bridgman

King David

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Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae Print by Frederick Arthur Bridgman

Cleopatra on the Terraces of Philae

Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – January 13, 1928) was an American artist known for his paintings of "Orientalist" subjects.

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, he was the son of a physician. He began as a draughtsman in New York City, for the American Bank Note Company in 1864–65, and studied art in the same years at the Brooklyn Art Association and at the National Academy of Design. He went to Paris in 1866, and in 1867 he entered the studio of the noted academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904), where he was deeply influenced by Gérôme's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. Thereafter, Paris became his headquarters. In 1874, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1881.[1]

Bridgman made his first trip to North Africa between 1872 and 1874, dividing his time between Algeria and Egypt. There he executed approximately three hundred sketches, which became the source material for several later oil paintings that attracted immediate attention. Bridgman became known as "the American Gérôme", although Bridgman would later adopt a more naturalistic aesthetic, emphasizing bright colors and painterly brushwork. His large and important composition, The Funeral Procession of a Mummy on the Nile, in the Paris Salon (1877), bought by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., brought him the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

Additional visits to the region throughout the 1870s and 1880s allowed him to amass a collection of costumes, architectural pieces, and objets d'art, which often appear in his paintings. John Singer Sargent noted that Bridgman's overstuffed studio, along with the Eiffel Tower, were Paris's must-see attractions. Though Bridgman maintained a lifelong connection to France, his popularity in America never waned. Indeed, in 1890, the artist had a one-man show of over 400 pictures in New York's 5th Avenue galleries. When the show moved to Chicago's Art Institute, it contained only 300 works – testimony to the high number of sales Bridgman had made.


A Street Scene in Algeria

One of Bridgman's most recognized Orientalist images, A Street Scene in Algeria, is exceptional for its biographical and historical significance. Many of its details can be considered "signature" motifs of the artist, and its subject, a pointed record of travel. In keeping with Bridgman's tendency in the 1880s to focus on intimate domestic subjects, two seated male figures are given pride of place in the center of the composition, gesticulating while they chat.

Other paintings by him were An American Circus in Normandy, Procession of the Bull Apis (now in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), and a Rumanian Lady (in the Temple collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Recently, works by the painter have sold at auction in the price range of $250,000 USD to $350,000 USD.
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