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ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS. Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe. Artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris 1803-1860 Fontainebleau). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (29.5 x 47cm). Date: 1820-60.
Decamps--a prosperous painter, draftsman, and printmaker--was one of the first major European artists to travel extensively in the Near East. As he toured throughout North Africa and Asia Minor in 1828, he developed an interest in Orientalist themes. In this drawing, he used chalks and charcoal to draw two bold studies of the same seated Arab man with a pipe. The figures' stillness and variation in scale encourage the viewer to imagine the artist's voyage and his experience as he approaches or distances himself from the weary man.

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Author: ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL DECAMPS (1803-1860)

Title: Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe

Caption: Two Studies of a Seated Arab with a Pipe. Artist: Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, Paris 1803-1860 Fontainebleau). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (29.5 x 47cm). Date: 1820-60. Decamps--a prosperous painter, draftsman, and printmaker--was one of the first major European artists to travel extensively in the Near East. As he toured throughout North Africa and Asia Minor in 1828, he developed an interest in Orientalist themes. In this drawing, he used chalks and charcoal to draw two bold studies of the same seated Arab man with a pipe. The figures' stillness and variation in scale encourage the viewer to imagine the artist's voyage and his experience as he approaches or distances himself from the weary man.

Technique/material: Black and white chalk, charcoal, traces of graphite on light brown paper; some stumping

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 4035 × 2541 px | 29.3 MB

Print size: 34.2 × 21.5 cm | 1588.6 × 1000.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: BLACK AND WHITE CHALK, CHARCOAL, TRACES OF GRAPHITE ON LIGHT BROWN PAPER; SOME STUMPING • CHALK • CHARCOAL • DECAMPS, ALEXANDRE-GABRIEL • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • DRAWINGS • EUROPE • FRANCE • GRAPHITE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • PASTELS • STUMPING