AN ORIENT RECREATED
In the inviting scene, The Perfume Sellers, created by Rudolf Ernst, we trace the path of an artist who, like renowned contemporaries Jean-Léon Gérôme and Ludwig Deutsch, had amassed a substantial private collection of artifacts gathered on his personal tours of the Islamic world. It is reported that Ernst’s studio was literally full of these many and various objects; tiles, lamps, pottery, silks, satins and kaftans numbering among them. In common with many other Orientalist artists, and like a skilled director on a film set, Ernst could write, and rewrite his script at will, select his lighting, scenery and props, and cast his leading actors in their role; the effect lending a subtle theatricality to his tableaux.
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In the inviting scene, The Perfume Sellers, created by Rudolf Ernst, we trace the path of an artist who, like renowned contemporaries Jean-Léon Gérôme and Ludwig Deutsch, had amassed a substantial private collection of artifacts gathered on his personal tours of the Islamic world. It is reported that Ernst’s studio was literally full of these many and various objects; tiles, lamps, pottery, silks, satins and kaftans numbering among them. In common with many other Orientalist artists, and like a skilled director on a film set, Ernst could write, and rewrite his script at will, select his lighting, scenery and props, and cast his leading actors in their role; the effect lending a subtle theatricality to his tableaux.
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