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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Pils' interest in contemporary military manworks took him to Algeria where he chronicled the progress of Napoleon III's campaign. While there he completed a number of watercolours and oil sketches of which this is one. This bust study of an Arab man is roughly painted around the edges yet his headdress and face appear acutely observed and highly sensitive in execution. The fluidity of his brush has accurately captured the light of the North-African sun as it hits the folds in the white cloth and filters through to the man's quietly pensive expression. | Subjects: | figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pils, Isidore Alexandre Augustin (French painter, 1813-1875) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8976... | Go to resource |
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