Eugène Fromentin
(1820 - 1876)
 

Eugène Fromentin was a French painter and writer, born in La Rochelle. After leaving school he studied for some years under Louis Cabat, the landscape painter. Fromentin was one of the earliest pictorial interpreters of Algeria, having been able, while quite young, to visit the land and people that suggested the subjects of most of his works, and to store his memory as well as his portfolio with the picturesque and characteristic details of North African life. His first great success was produced at the Salon of 1847, by the Gorges de la Chiffa. In 1849, he was awarded a medal of the second class.

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An Encampment in the Atlas Mountains
C. 1865
Oil on canvas
105 x 143.3cm
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/23597/an-encampment-in-the-atlas-mountains/