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Charles Théodore FRÈRE, known as FRÈRE BEY (1814–1888)
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Charles Théodore FRÈRE, known as FRÈRE BEY (1814–1888)
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Charles Théodore FRÈRE, known as FRÈRE BEY (1814–1888)
The Temple of Philae
Oil on canvas
H_30.5 x W_54.2 cm
Art dealer’s stamp on the reverse.
Stamp of the art dealer Emmanuel Weyl, 15 rue Laffite and 19 rue du Bac, Paris, on the back of the frame.
Related work: Théodore Frère, The Temple of Philae, oil on panel, 17.5 x 38 cm, Sotheby’s London auction of 27 May 2015, sold for €8,475
Born in Paris on 21 June 1814, Charles-Théodore Frère, known as Frère Bey, was a French Orientalist painter, the son of a music publisher and the elder brother of the painter Pierre-Édouard Frère. Trained under Léon Cogniet and Camille Roqueplan, he exhibited at the Salon from 1834 onwards. A stay in Algeria, from 1836–1837, had a profound influence on his work and steered him towards landscapes and scenes of Oriental life. From 1851 onwards, he travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean and the Near East, notably to Constantinople, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, where he established a studio in Cairo. The Viceroy of Egypt conferred upon him the honorary title of Bey. In 1869, he accompanied Empress Eugénie on her trip to Egypt for the opening of the Suez Canal, alongside painters including Narcisse Berchère, Eugène Fromentin, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Charles
de Tournemine. He died in Paris on 24 March 1888.
Our painting depicts the Temple of Philae in Egypt, with a group of women in the foreground. It is similar to a smaller oil on panel sold at Sotheby’s in 2015.
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