01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, 60

Edouard Verschaffelt (Ghent 1874- Bou Saâda 1955) 

Family scene, spinners 

Oil on canvas 

73 x 90 cm 

Private collection

Edouard Verschaffelt was a Belgian orientalist painter born in Ghent in 1874 and died in Bou Saâda in 1955. He was deeply rooted in Algeria. He produced paintings of the roots and passion of this Algerian reality, so abused by orientalist exoticism. Edouard Verschaffelt took a contrary view of academic, colonial Orientalism. A pupil of the Antwerp School of Fine Arts, he carries with him, from the beginning, the indelible traces of Flemish painting and the attraction of Impressionism. 

Unlike other Orientalists attracted by North Africa, Edouard Verschaffelt came to Algeria in 1919 to flee the German occupation of Belgium during the First World War. He settles in the country and immediately felt a fascination for Bou Saâda, that he adopted from the outset. Bou Saâda was, at the time, the "stronghold" of Dinet who is a notable of the city. He converted to Islam; which gives him an extraordinary aura to the Aboriginal population.

After the death of his wife, Verschaffelt marries an Algerian, from the tribe Ouled Sidi Brahim, who appears in the many paintings he devoted to him throughout his life. More on Edouard Verschaffelt

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01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 59

ORIENTALIST SCHOOL (XIX - XX CENTURY) 

LA CHEVAUCHÉE/ THE CAVALCADE 

Oil on board

23 x 28 cm

Private collection

A cavalcade is a procession or parade on horseback, or a mass trail ride by a company of riders. The focus of a cavalcade is participation rather than display. Often, the participants do not wear costumes or ride in formation. Often, a cavalcade re-enacts an important historical event and follows a long distance trail. A cavalcade may also be a pilgrimage. More on cavalcade

Orientalism is a term used by art historians and literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the West. In particular, Orientalist painting, depicting more specifically "the Middle East", was one of the many specialisms of 19th-century academic art, and the literature of Western countries took a similar interest in Oriental themes. More on Orientalism

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01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 58

Louis Theodore Devilly Metz, 1818; Nancy, 1886, France

The fight of Sidi Brahim, c. 1859

Oil on canvas

H. 192.6; L. 266.7

Museum of Fine Arts, Bordeaux

The subject of this painting was borrowed from the retelling of the fight of Sidi-Brahim (September 26, 1845) written by the Duke of Aumale for the Revue des Deux-Mondes. "The captain of Gérés, at the head of 73 men of the 1st company of the 8th battalion of foot hunters, carrying seven wounded, after having defended for 3 days in the marabout of Sidi-Brahim, without food and without water, against all the forces of Abd-El-Kader, try on September 26, 1845, at six o'clock in the morning, to make a bayonet day.After a heroic fight, exhausted forces and ammunition, all the brave men who formed the little column fall successively around the corps of their officers, Lieutenant Chapedelaine and the captain of Géraux". More on this painting

Louis Theodore Devilly Metz, 1818; Nancy, 1886, France

Detail, The fight of Sidi Brahim, c. 1859

Oil on canvas

H. 192.6; L. 266.7

Museum of Fine Arts, Bordeaux

Louis Theodore Devilly (born in Metz the 28 October 1818 and died in Nancy the 24 December 1886 ) was a French painter of the xix th  century . Member of the School of Metz , he moved to Nancy in 1871 , after the annexation . He is the author of paintings of romantic inspiration, sometimes orientalist subjects .

Louis-Théodore Devilly was born in Metz on October 28, 1818 1 . His father, Louis-Jean-Baptiste (1792-1826), who was a notable Messinian, a member of the Royal Academy of Metz, died in 1826.

From 1833 to 1835, Louis-Théodore Devilly attended the classes of Laurent-Charles Maréchal , the leader of the School of Metz. He then wins Paris , where he became a student of the painter Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Friend of Decamps, Aimé de Lemud , Diaz, Théophile Gautier, Devilly practiced the art of engraving and that of watercolor. He participated in the Salon of painting and sculpture of 1840 in Paris. He returned to Metz live his art in 1841. This did not prevent him to participate in other exhibitions, including at the 1852 Salon, where he received a silver medal. His contemporaries particularly appreciate his great realistic compositions, where his talents as a history painter can express himself fully.

In 1864, Louis-Théodore Devilly was appointed director of the Metz School of Fine Arts . After the Franco - German War of 1870 , Devilly opted for France and left his hometown, attached to the German Empire . He moved to Nancy, where he took the direction of the School of Fine Arts. After a busy career, Louis-Théodore Devilly died in Nancy on December 24 , 1886. More on Louis-Théodore Devilly

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01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists , with footnotes, 57

Louis-Théodore Devilly, (1818-1886) 

L’ESCARMOUCHE/ THE SKIRMISH, c. 1879

Oil on canvas, 

51 x 82 cm 

Private collection

Louis Theodore Devilly (born in Metz the 28 October 1818 and died in Nancy the 24 December 1886 ) was a French painter of the xix th  century . Member of the School of Metz , he moved to Nancy in 1871 , after the annexation . He is the author of paintings of romantic inspiration, sometimes orientalist subjects .

Louis-Théodore Devilly was born in Metz on October 28, 1818 1 . His father, Louis-Jean-Baptiste (1792-1826), who was a notable Messinian, a member of the Royal Academy of Metz, died in 1826.

From 1833 to 1835, Louis-Théodore Devilly attended the classes of Laurent-Charles Maréchal , the leader of the School of Metz. He then wins Paris , where he became a student of the painter Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Friend of Decamps, Aimé de Lemud , Diaz, Théophile Gautier, Devilly practiced the art of engraving and that of watercolor. He participated in the Salon of painting and sculpture of 1840 in Paris. He returned to Metz live his art in 1841. This did not prevent him to participate in other exhibitions, including at the 1852 Salon, where he received a silver medal. His contemporaries particularly appreciate his great realistic compositions, where his talents as a history painter can express himself fully.

In 1864, Louis-Théodore Devilly was appointed director of the Metz School of Fine Arts . After the Franco - German War of 1870 , Devilly opted for France and left his hometown, attached to the German Empire . He moved to Nancy, where he took the direction of the School of Fine Arts. After a busy career, Louis-Théodore Devilly died in Nancy on December 24 , 1886. More on Louis-Théodore Devilly

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