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Image Not Available for Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak
Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak
Image Not Available for Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (American, 1847 - 1928)

Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak

DateMarch 21, 1874
MediumPencil
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions8 3/4 x 5 in. (22.2 x 12.7 cm)
Object number2002.002.002
Label TextBridgman once explained the attraction that North Africa held for him, saying, "I was born in Alabama, and I have naturally followed the sunlight." He left America in 1866 to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris with the celebrated painter of Orientalist themes, Jean-Leon Gerome. It was not, however, until after his journey up the Nile in the winter of 1873-74 that Bridgman began to devote himself to the exotic subjects of Orientalism. In his later paintings he incorporated the carefully observed archaeological details he had gathered in the sketches and drawings of Egypt.
Exhibition HistoryTravelers in an Antique Land: Artists and Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, August 30, 2003 - January 11, 2004
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
Status
Not on view
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