L'ODALISQUE

EISMAN SEMENOWSKY WAS ORIGINALLY OF RUSSIAN DESCENT BUT SPENT MOST OF HIS WORKING LIFE IN PARIS. ALONG WITH MANY OTHER EUROPEAN ARTISTS OF THE TIME, SEMENOWSKY DEVELOPED A FASCINATION WITH THE LAVISHNESS OF THE ORIENT AND FREQUENTLY PAINTED A VARIETY OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN CLAD IN THE SUMPTUOUS COLOURS AND TEXTURES OF THIS MYSTERIOUS CULTURE.