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Birth
1847 (Tuskegee, Alabama)
Death
1928 (Rouen, France)
Lived/Active
New York / France
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Oriental-exotic-mythic genre and portrait painting
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Born and raised in Alabama, Frederick Bridgman became known for his
Oriental motif paintings of North Africa, inspired by his teacher
Jean-Leon Gerome. However, later in his career he diverged to genre and
landscape subjects.
As a young man, he moved to New York and
worked as an engraver and studied at the National Academy of Design
where he enrolled in 1863. Three years later, he began a
life-long residency in Paris where he became one of the leading and
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