Butler Institute of American Art
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Museums page for Frederic Arthur Bridgman ((1847 - 1928)), known for Oriental-exotic-mythic genre and portrait painting. Showing 6 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1847 Tuskegee, Alabama - 1928 Rouen, France. Known for: Oriental-exotic-mythic genre and portrait painting.
Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to... Read full biography
Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to genre and landscape subjects. As a young man, he moved to New York and worked as an engraver and... Read full biography
Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to genre and landscape subjects. As a young man, he moved to New York and worked as an engraver and studied at the National Academy of Design where he enrolled in 1863. Three years later, he began a life-long residency in Paris where he became one of the leading and earliest members of the Pont-Avon... Read full biography
Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to genre and landscape subjects. As a young man, he moved to New York and worked as an engraver and studied at the National Academy of Design where he enrolled in 1863. Three years later, he began a life-long residency in Paris where he became one of the leading and earliest members of the Pont-Avon artists colony in Brittany. Bridgman studied from 1867 to 1871 with Gerome who encouraged his students to paint exotic historical subjects. In 1872, he made the first of many trips to Spain and North Africa. He specialized in Orientalist and... Read full biography
Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to genre and landscape subjects. As a young man, he moved to New York and worked as an engraver and studied at the National Academy of Design where he enrolled in 1863. Three years later, he began a life-long residency in Paris where he became one of the leading and earliest members of the Pont-Avon artists colony in Brittany. Bridgman studied from 1867 to 1871 with Gerome who encouraged his students to paint exotic historical subjects. In 1872, he made the first of many trips to Spain and North Africa. He specialized in Orientalist and archaeological subjects, and his detailed, brilliantly colored, exotic scenes, especially of Algeria and Egypt, brought... Read full biography
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About Frederic Arthur Bridgman: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsGreenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102Union League Club of Chicago
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604