Frederick Arthur Bridgman: 75+ Orientalist Paintings - Orientalism

FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of landmarks and Orientalist scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: November 10,1847 in Tuskegee, AL.
DIED: January 13, 1928.

MOVEMENT: Orientalism.

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Bridgman first worked as a draftsman in New York City, while studying at Brooklyn Art Association.
§ In 1866, he went to Paris where he began studying under Jean-Leon Gerome.
§ He made his first trip to North Africa in 1873. While there, he amassed a large supply of sketches for his paintings.
§ Bridgman was largely popular in the US. He held a one man exhibit where he sold 100 of the 400 artworks he was showing.

NOTABLE WORKS:
A Street Scene in Algeria, Funeral Procession of a Mummy on the Nile, The Procession of the Sacred Bull Anubis.