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1860 Mars-Sur-Allier, France - 1930. Known for: Rural genre, figure, animal, landscape painting.
Charles Clair became known for his intense realism. His popularity grew with the taste of the bourgeoisie looking for exotic images with oriental themes. Orientalism was born in the 19th century as a... Read full biography
Charles Clair became known for his intense realism. His popularity grew with the taste of the bourgeoisie looking for exotic images with oriental themes. Orientalism was born in the 19th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space. The first orientalists sought to... Read full biography
Charles Clair became known for his intense realism. His popularity grew with the taste of the bourgeoisie looking for exotic images with oriental themes. Orientalism was born in the 19th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space. The first orientalists sought to reflect the lost, the unattainable, in a dramatic journey destined from the beginning to failure. Like Flaubert in "Salambo", painters painted detailed portraits of the Orient and imagined pasts,... Read full biography
Charles Clair became known for his intense realism. His popularity grew with the taste of the bourgeoisie looking for exotic images with oriental themes. Orientalism was born in the 19th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space. The first orientalists sought to reflect the lost, the unattainable, in a dramatic journey destined from the beginning to failure. Like Flaubert in "Salambo", painters painted detailed portraits of the Orient and imagined pasts, recreated to the millimeter but ultimately unknown and idealized. During the second half of the 19th century, however, many of the painters who traveled to the Middle East in search of this invented reality discovered a different and new country, which... Read full biography
Charles Clair became known for his intense realism. His popularity grew with the taste of the bourgeoisie looking for exotic images with oriental themes. Orientalism was born in the 19th century as a consequence of the romantic spirit of escape in time and space. The first orientalists sought to reflect the lost, the unattainable, in a dramatic journey destined from the beginning to failure. Like Flaubert in "Salambo", painters painted detailed portraits of the Orient and imagined pasts, recreated to the millimeter but ultimately unknown and idealized. During the second half of the 19th century, however, many of the painters who traveled to the Middle East in search of this invented reality discovered a different and new country, which stood out with its peculiarities above the clichés and prejudices of Europeans. Thus, this new orientalist school leaves behind the beautif... Read full biography