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Frederick Arthur Bridgman

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman
[American Orientalist painter (born 1847 - died 1928)

 

 

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?1865, 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-L?on G?r?me (1824?1904), where he was deeply influenced by G?r?me's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. Thereafter, Paris became his headquarters.

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 G?r?me", 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. (Amusingly, 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.

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.

 



 

The Siesta
1878, Oil on canvas
11 1/4 x 17 inches (28.58 x 43.18 cm)
Public collection



 

Design for the decoration of an Aeolian Harp
1871, Oil on board
5 x 10 5/8 inches (12.7 x 27.3 cm)
Public collection



 

The Procession of the Sacred Bull Anubis

Oil on canvas
43 5/8 x 27 1/2 inches (111 x 70 cm)
Private collection



 

Procession in Honor of Isis

1902, Oil on canvas
Public collection



 

Apollon Enlevant Cyrene
Oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 54 1/4 inches (86.3 x 137.8 cm)
Private collection



 

Orientalist Interior

1900, Oil on canvas
25 3/4 x 37 inches (65.41 x 93.98 cm)
Public collection



 

Women at the Cemetery, Algiers

Oil on canvas
39 3/4 x 60 inches (101 x 152.4 cm)
Private collection



 

The Messenger

1879,Oil on canvas
Public collection



 

A Street in Algeria
Oil on canvas
Public collection

An Interesting Game
1881,Oil on canvas
37 1/4 x 57 1/2 inches (94.62 x 146.20 cm)
The Brooklyn Museum, USA

In a Village, El Biar, Algeria

1889,Oil on canvas
Public collection


Queen of the Brigands

c.1882, Oil on canvas
Public collection

Scene in Morocco

1885,Oil on canvas
Public collection

The Game of Chance

1885, Oil on canvas
Public collection

An Eastern Veranda
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 35 7/8 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm)
Private collection



 

In The Seraglio
Oil on canvas
23 3/8 x 37 7/8 inches (59.4 x 96.5 cm)
Public collection



 

In the Souk

Oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 5/8 inches (54.3 x 65.4 cm)
Private collection



 

L'Indolence

Oil on canvas
38 5/8 x 44 3/8 inches (98.4 x 113 cm)
Private collection



 

On the Terrace

Oil on canvas
Public collection



 

The Orange Seller

1920, Oil on canvas
24 x 19 3/4 inches (61 x 50.2 cm)
Private collection



 

The Falcon Hunt

Oil on canvas
22 3/8 x 37 3/8 inches (57 x 95 cm)
Private collection

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