Émile Eisman-Semenowsky

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Émile Eisman-Semenowsky (* 1859 in the Kingdom of Poland , † 1911 in France ) was a French painter of Polish descent.

Life

There are very few documented sources of Émile Eisman-Semenowsky's résumé. He was born in the part of Poland annexed by Russia. He emigrated early on and studied painting outside of Poland. At the beginning of the 1880s he came to Paris and became known as a painter of sentimental portraits of women. He worked as an assistant to Jan van Beers the Elder. J. and appeared as a witness in the scandal surrounding the Beers paintings "Lily" and "La Sirene". Besides the numerous portraits of women, he created a few genre and nudes. His painting was adapted to the tastes of the French bourgeoisie . Much of the work depicted women of the Middle East or the ancient world. In France it was attributed to Polish or Russian painters.

  • Une beauté orientale ('An Oriental Beauty'), 1883

  • Young woman by a blossoming cherry tree, 1899

  • Beauty unmasked ('unmasked beauty')

  • Portrait of a girl, 1887

source

  • Lynne Thornton, La femme dans la peinture orientaliste . ACR Edition, 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to The Low Countries. Arts and Society in Flanders and The Netherlands , Yearbook, Vol. 16, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Flemish-Netherlands Foundation, 2008. p. 229

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personal data
SURNAME Eisman-Semenowsky, Émile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter of Polish descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingdom of Poland
DATE OF DEATH 1911
Place of death France