Ernest Normand
Ernest Normand | |
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 The White Slave, an Orientalist nude by Ernest Normand | |
| Born | 30 December 1857 London, England |
| Died | 23 March 1923 (aged 65) London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Académie Julian, Paris |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Orientalist; Victorian painting |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Rae painter and writer (1859–1928) |
Ernest Normand (1857-1923) was an English painter noted for his historical and Biblical scenes as well as Orientalist works.
Life and career
Ernest Normand was born in London on 30 December 1857. He painted history and orientalist paintings,[1] and also undertook portraits.
In 1884 he married the painter and writer, Henrietta Rae (1859-1928). They both painted nude figures in lush settings, and were criticized for an apparent tendency toward an excess of sensuality in some of their paintings.[citation needed]
The Normands were based in London from 1885, where Ernest had his studio and received support from the circle around Lord Leighton. They lived in
In 1890, the Normands travelled to Paris to study at the Académie Julian with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant. In 1893, the Normands moved to Upper Norwood, into a studio that was custom-built for them by Normand's father. The couple had two children, a son (born in 1886) and a daughter (born in 1893).
Work
He painted history and
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Pygmalion and Galatea, 1886 -
Esther Denouncing Haman, 1888 -
Bondage, 1890 -
Pandora, 1899 -
Queen Vashti Deposed, 1890
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Select list of paintings and illustrations
- Pygmalion and Galatea, 1886
- Esther Denouncing Haman, 1888
- Death of Pharaoh's First Born, (illustration), 1905
- Queen Vashti Deposed, 1890
See also
References
- ^ (fr)Orientalistes
- ^ Caroline Dakers, The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian Society, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1999.
- ^ Fish, p. 47.
- ^ Debra Mancoff and D. J. Trela, eds., Victorian Urban Settings: Essays on the Nineteenth-Century City and Its Contexts, London, Taylor & Francis, 1996, pp 70-71
- ^ (fr)Orientalistes
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