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.
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
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?
ReplyDeleteWeisse 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