Orientalism in Europe: from Delacroix to Matisse

  • 13 years ago
28.5. – 28.8.2011
Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille

The fascination for the Orient which runs throughout the history of Westem art peaked in the nineteenth century. Orientalism enjoyed a golden age between
Bonapartes Egyptian campaign (1798‐1801) and Matisse’s stay in North Africa in 1906.

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