The Orientalist Sale
The Orientalist Sale
Property from a Distinguished American Collection (Lots 1-21)
Eugène Fromentin
The Charge
Auction Closed
March 29, 02:21 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished American Collection (Lots 1-21)
Eugène Fromentin
French
1820 - 1876
The Charge
signed Eug. Fromentin lower left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 61 by 42cm., 24 by 16½in.
Framed: 80 by 61cm., 31½ by 24in.
Bethel Henry Strousberg, Berlin, 1876
M.E. Secretan, Paris, 1889
George I. Seney, American Art Association, 1891
Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, New York, 1933
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, lot 24
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1999, lot 162
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
M.E. Secretan, Paris, 1889
George I. Seney, American Art Association, 1891
Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff, New York, 1933
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 23 February 1955, lot 24
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 13 October 1999, lot 162
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Fromentin made his first visit to Algeria secretly, in 1846, to attend a wedding. Returning twice to North Africa, he built a successful career as an Orientalist painter and was a frequent contributor to the Paris Salon. The vivid drama of The Charge is characteristic of Fromentin's later work, which often celebrates galloping horses.