01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 52

Jean-François Arrigoni Neri

LES CAVALIERS MAROCAINS / MOROCCAN RIDERS 

Oil on canvas

65 x 81 cm

Private collection

Jean-François Arrigoni Neri , born in Paris on March 28 , 1937 and dead the November 23 , 20141 is a  French painter , illustrator , engraver and lithographer.

In 1951, at the age of 14, he entered the Estienne 2 School from where he graduated in 1955 with the Prix Cortot d'Engraving. After working for ten years as an engraver, he became an illustrator for various Parisian advertising studios. In 1963 in Ivry-sur-Seine , on the occasion of one of the first exhibitions in which he participated, the National Directorate of Fine Arts in Paris bought him a canvas (marine, representing the port of Lorient).

In 1969, he worked as an independent illustrator. For more than twenty years, he directed advertising campaigns for French brands or major sporting events. 

In the mid -1980s , he gave up his job as an illustrator to devote himself entirely to painting and made portraits, still lifes, seascapes and landscapes, paintings on the theme of jazz or sport and more particularly on the Orient, he is cited as one of the French orientalist painters. More on Jean-François Arrigoni Neri 

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01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, 51

Jean-François Arrigoni Neri

LE RETOUR DU KSAR/

ON THE WAY BACK TO THE KSAR 

Oil on canvas

65 x 81 cm

Private collection

Ksar, is the North African term for "Berber castle", possibly loaned from Latin castrum. The term generally refers to a Berber fortified village. The counterpart of Maghrebi ksar in literary Arabic, qaṣr, means "castle" or "palace".

Jean-François Arrigoni Neri , born in Paris on March 28 , 1937 and dead the November 23 , 20141 is a  French painter , illustrator , engraver and lithographer.

In 1951, at the age of 14, he entered the Estienne 2 School from where he graduated in 1955 with the Prix Cortot d'Engraving. After working for ten years as an engraver, he became an illustrator for various Parisian advertising studios. In 1963 in Ivry-sur-Seine , on the occasion of one of the first exhibitions in which he participated, the National Directorate of Fine Arts in Paris bought him a canvas (marine, representing the port of Lorient).

In 1969, he worked as an independent illustrator. For more than twenty years, he directed advertising campaigns for French brands or major sporting events. 

In the mid -1980s , he gave up his job as an illustrator to devote himself entirely to painting and made portraits, still lifes, seascapes and landscapes, paintings on the theme of jazz or sport and more particularly on the Orient, he is cited as one of the French orientalist painters. More on Jean-François Arrigoni Neri 

Jean-François Arrigoni Neri

Detail, LE RETOUR DU KSAR/

ON THE WAY BACK TO THE KSAR 

Oil on canvas

65 x 81 cm

Private collection

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01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 50

Continental School, 19th Century
A rider approaching an oasis encampment, 19th Century
Oil on canvas
28" x 36 1/2"
Private collection

The Continental School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction.

Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic "Moors" and "Turks" can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A creative apprehension of a completely different world with its own laws, customs, special attitude towards life and death, love, feelings, and beauty. Wikipedia/Yana Naumovna Lukashevskaya

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