Jean Leon Gerome

Le Fumeur Egyptien (The Egyptian Smoker)

Jean Leon Gerome's original etching "Le Fumeur Egyptien (The Egyptian Smoker)" was created between 1865 and 1868. It is printed upon fine China paper and impressed unto a large sheet of wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris. This etching is signed in the plate in reverse by Gerome to the lower left. "Le Fumeur Egyptien" was completed shortly after one of his many trips to Egypt around 1865. It is a fine, original example of the famous Orientalist art created by the 19th century French artist, Jean-Leon Gerome.

Original Etching by Jean Leon Gerome.

Le Fumeur Egyptien or The Egyptian Smoker by Jean Leon Gerome

Le Fumeur Egyptien (The Egyptian Smoker)

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Title:	Le Fumeur Egyptien (The Egyptian Smoker)
Artist:	Gerome, Jean Leon (Haute-Saone, 1824 - Paris, 1904)
Date:	c. 1865 - 1868
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Jean Leon Gerome: One of France's most famous painters of the late nineteenth century, Jean-Leon Gerome came to Paris in 1841 and studied in the studio of Paul Delaroche and later under Charles Gleyre. His first major painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1847.
	Gerome first established himself as a leading neo-classicist painter. In 1855, however, he traveled to Turkey to make studies for a large, official commission. He became fascinated with the life and culture of the East and made many more subsequent journeys to Egypt (1857 to 1880), Turkey, Algiers and elsewhere. His paintings of these areas were shown extensively in France, Italy and Germany and gained for him membership into the Imperial Institute (1865), Knighthood in the Legion of Honour (1867), honourary membership to the British Royal Academy (1869) and the award of the Red Eagle, from the King of Prussia.
	Jean-Leon Gerome was at the centre of the movement now known as 'Orientalism'. Briefly, Orientalist artists dedicated their work to the more exotic elements of Eastern culture and life. Before the era of Impressionism it was a most influential force throughout Europe and its presentation of rich colouration and exotic subjects affected even some abstract artists of the twentieth century.
	A master sculptor and painter, Gerome created only four original etchings during his career. Le Fumeur Egyptien was completed shortly after one of his many trips to Egypt around 1865. A small edition of proofs on China paper (such as this example) were printed in Paris at this time. Later, in 1868, the Paris art Journal Le Gazette des Beaux-Arts published a large edition on laid paper with small margins.
Edition:	Proof impression on china paper.
Size:	5 X 4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon fine China paper and impressed unto a large sheet of wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris around 1865. Signed in the plate in reverse by Gerome to the lower left. Containing one faint crease mark along the lower margin, else a brilliant impression and in very good condition throughout. Le Fumeur Egyptien represents a prime, original example of the famous Orientalist art of Jean-Leon Gerome.
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