Important Works from the Najd Collection, Part II
Important Works from the Najd Collection, Part II
GEORGES WASHINGTON | RIDERS IN A LANDSCAPE
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GEORGES WASHINGTON
French
1827 - 1910
RIDERS IN A LANDSCAPE
signed G. Washington lower left
oil on panel
28 by 36cm., 11 by 14in.
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Mathaf Gallery, London
Purchased from the above
Caroline Juler, Najd Collection of Orientalist Paintings, London, 1991, p. 221, cited, p. 223, catalogued & illustrated
Washington was a prolific painter of North African views, exhibiting them regularly at the annual Paris Salon from the late 1850s onwards. He became famous for his animated equestrian scenes of Berber and Touareg horsemen, hunting or returning from a raid or razzia. Like Fromentin and Huguet, Washington was inspired by the bravura, dynamic brushstroke, and dramatic palette of Eugène Delacroix.