Spain, Seville.

Tile in cuerda seca earthenware with blue and ochre decoration …

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Spain, Seville. Tile in cuerda seca earthenware with blue and ochre decoration of an Arabic inscription in a shield surrounded by stylized motifs (chips). 16th - 17th centuries. Length : 18,5 cm - Width : 13 cm Expert - Mr Cyrille FROISSART - 01 42 25 29 80 [email protected]

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Spain, Seville.

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Rudolf (also Rudolph or Rodolphe) Ernst (1854 Vienna - 1932 Fontenay-aux-Roses near Paris) Harem scene with two resting musicians Rudolf Ernst was one of the most important Oriental painters of his time. He was one of those European artists who already had first-hand experience of their travels to turn the objects, costumes, art objects and interiors of the Orient into a magnificent feast of design, color and textures in their studio paintings. Ernst's Orientalist paintings were inspired by his studies of Moorish architecture in southern Spain in Granada and by his visits to Tangier, Tunis, Cairo and Constantinople. In this work, two beautifully dressed musicians lie in a richly decorated interior filled with a wide range of oriental objects and handicrafts. Ernst surrounded himself with objects, textiles and artifacts that he collected on his travels and which enrich his paintings as props. Ernst also visited the extensive exhibition "Exposition d'Art Musulman", which took place in Paris in 1893 and provided him with inexhaustible further inspiration. One of the musicians is holding a tambourine, the other a kemençe, a stringed instrument typical of the eastern Mediterranean region, usually played with a bow; a Caucasian carpet, probably a kazak, is draped on the day bed; the walls are decorated with bright Damascus tiles, which in the 19th century made them coveted pieces for western artists. A vase with flowers stands on an octagonal Damascus table inlaid with mother-of-pearl; next to the tiger skin carpet is a metal brazier, which played an important role in the ceremonies of court life, as they served as a source of heat and also as incense burners. Many Oriental painters used Arabic scripts as decorative elements to decorate the interiors and Ernst also inserted a Kufic script with a short passage from the Koran (Koran, Sura 56, verse 75/76) on the upper edge. Ernst studied at the Academy in Vienna under Anselm Feuerbach, among others. A scholarship took him to the art metropolis of Paris in 1876, where he moved permanently (and was granted French citizenship in 1923/24). From 1877, he exhibited regularly in the Paris salons. Through his great friend and contemporary Ludwig Deutsch (1855 Vienna - 1935 Paris) and Jean Baptiste Discart (1855 Modena - 1944 Paris) as well as his travels to Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey, Ernst turned his attention entirely to Oriental painting from 1885/86. In 1890 Ernst and Deutsch also undertook a trip together, where they visited Constantinople and Cairo. Oil on canvas; signed a.; 74 x 92 cm. Frame. Provenance: In the 1970s in the Swiss art trade in a gallery in Zurich; South German private collection. Oil on canvas. Signed.

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