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RUDOLF ERNST (1854-1932) AUSTRIAN SCHOOL PROMENADE BIEN GARDÉE PROTECTED RIDE Oil on Blanchet panel, signed lower right. 80 X 65 CM (31 1/2 X 25 9/16 IN.) NOTE Rudolf Ernst chose to depict an outdoor scene, which lends great originality to this important painting. A Nubian guard armed with a long flintlock rifle and a yatagan accompanies an elegant young woman traveling on a camel. The animal is richly caparisoned. Long bangs protect it from dust and heat. It proudly carries its passenger, who seems confident in her mount. These figures are unlikely to be traveling alone in the desert. We imagine them to be the center of a caravan on its way to a wedding or pilgrimage. The young woman is protected by the guard, whose long green dress sparkles in the desert light. This painting, imbued with nobility, exudes great tranquility. After studying at the Vienna Academy, Ernst began his life as a traveling painter. First he visited Rome, then Spain, Morocco and Tunisia. Later, he went to Egypt and, in 1890, Turkey. In 1876, Ernst settled in France, and exhibited regularly at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. He acquired French nationality. Ernst began his career painting portraits and genre scenes. From 1885, he devoted himself exclusively to painting Orientalist subjects. He painted from sketches, photographs and oriental objects he had accumulated on his travels. He painted almost exclusively in his studio, which was decorated in Oriental style. To be more inspired, Ernst would cover his head with a tarbouche.
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RUDOLF ERNST (1854-1932) AUSTRIAN SCHOOL PROMENADE BIEN GARDÉE PROTECTED RIDE Oil on Blanchet panel, signed lower right. 80 X 65 CM (31 1/2 X 25 9/16 IN.) NOTE Rudolf Ernst chose to depict an outdoor scene, which lends great originality to this important painting. A Nubian guard armed with a long flintlock rifle and a yatagan accompanies an elegant young woman traveling on a camel. The animal is richly caparisoned. Long bangs protect it from dust and heat. It proudly carries its passenger, who seems confident in her mount. These figures are unlikely to be traveling alone in the desert. We imagine them to be the center of a caravan on its way to a wedding or pilgrimage. The young woman is protected by the guard, whose long green dress sparkles in the desert light. This painting, imbued with nobility, exudes great tranquility. After studying at the Vienna Academy, Ernst began his life as a traveling painter. First he visited Rome, then Spain, Morocco and Tunisia. Later, he went to Egypt and, in 1890, Turkey. In 1876, Ernst settled in France, and exhibited regularly at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français. He acquired French nationality. Ernst began his career painting portraits and genre scenes. From 1885, he devoted himself exclusively to painting Orientalist subjects. He painted from sketches, photographs and oriental objects he had accumulated on his travels. He painted almost exclusively in his studio, which was decorated in Oriental style. To be more inspired, Ernst would cover his head with a tarbouche.
