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''Young African Woman'' (French - ''La Jeune Africaine '') is a late 19th century oil on canvas painting by Fernand Cormon, produced during his stay in Tunisia and now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau. Previously known as ''Young Negress'' (''Jeune nègre''), it was renamed for the 26 March-21 July 2019 Musée d'Orsay exhibition ''Le Modèle noir, de Géricault à Matisse'' to remove the racist connotations - Lilian Thuram, creator of an anti-racist foundation, and the poet Abd al Malik (rapper), Abd al Malik created commentaries on some of the works exhibited. History In 1880 Cormon opened his studio at 10 rue Constance on Montmartre hill and three years later founded a private art school at 104 boulevard de Clichy. His studio was considered one of the best in Paris, training Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec and Vincent van Gogh. His style did not remain uniform, but varied over the course of time, even in relation to the topics covered. An orientalism, orientalist painter, with hot ...
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Fernand Cormon - Jeune Africaine
Fernand is a masculine given name of French name, French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (1885–1964), French astronomer * Fernand Berckelaers (1901– 1999), Belgian artist * Fernand Besnier (1894–1977), French cyclist * Fernand Boden (born 1943), Luxembourg politician * Fernand Bouisson (1874–1959), French politician * Fernand Braudel (1902–1985), French historian * Fernand Brouez (1861–1900), Belgian publisher * Fernand Buyle (1918–1992), Belgian footballer * Fernand Canelle (1882–1951), French footballer * Fernand Charpin (1887–1944), French actor * Fernand Collin (1897–1990), Belgian businessman * Fernand Cormon (1845–1924), French painter * Fernand Crommelynck (1886–1970), Belgian dramatist * Fernand David (1869–1935), French Minister of Agriculture * Fernand Decanali (1925–2017), French cycl ...
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