Frederick arthur bridgman

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Frederick Arthur Bridgman Art Collection Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Bridgman 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 Gérômes precise draftsmanship, smooth…

Edwin Lord Weeks - A Game of Chess | After years of travel t… | Flickr Islamic Art, Art Asiatique, Eastern Art, Arabic Art, Arte Popular, European Art, Mesopotamia, Beautiful Wall Art, American Artists

After years of travel through Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and India, the American artist Edwin Lord Weeks remained captivated by the sights he encountered abroad. Toward the end of his career he began an ambitious series of paintings based on A Thousand and One Nights. Having documented his travels through sketches, paintings and photographs, Weeks was well equipped with the source material for the present scene, and was careful to render the architecture, complete with its…

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