Saturday, November 22, 2014

Harem Guard

The Harem Guard by the Czech painter Rudolf Weisse (1869-1930). Despite it's not a decidedly history painting the whole oriental exotic setting suggests a far away place even in history.

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  1. HelsNovember 22, 2014 at 3:59 PM

    With Orientalist art, there was always the question of honesty - could a European painter be allowed into a North African harem to see what was really going on? And what about strong, handsome men?

    Weisse seemed to like Cairo and did excellent work a la Ludwig Deutsch and Rudolph Ernst. Thanks for the link

    Hels
    Orientalist art: males in the harem
    http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/orientalist-art-males-in-harem.html

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