Émile Eisman-Semenowsky, born Emil Eismann (19 September 1853,

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) was a Russian-born, French-Polish painter, possibly Jewish, ancestry. He specialized in portraits of women; including many in the Orientalist style.Lynne Thornton, ''La Femme dans la peinture orientaliste'', ACR, 199
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Life and work

There are few documented sources concerning his life and education, although it is known that he emigrated at an early age and arrived in Paris in the 1880s, where he began doing sentimentalized portraits of upper class women, tailored to bourgeois tastes. He also worked as an assistant to the Belgian painter, Jan van Beers; serving as a witness in a case involving two critics who accused Van Beers of copying from photographs.''The Low Countries. Arts and Society in Flanders and The Netherlands'', Yearbook, Vol. 16, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, Flemish-Netherlands Foundation, 2008. pg.229 In addition to portraits, he did some nudes and

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scenes. He often worked in Algeria, beginning in 1890; depicting women in traditional costume, as well as their daily dress. Many of his paintings are in private collections in the United States.

Gallery

File:Eisman-Semenowsky 1.jpg, An oriental beauty, 1883 File:Eisman-Semenowsky 3.jpg, Harem beauty, before 1911 File:Emile Eisman-Semenowsky - Coquette.jpg, After the Show, 1900 File:Eisman-Semenowsky Junge Frau bei einem bluehendem Kirschbaum 1899.jpg, Young woman by a blossoming cherry tree, 1899 File:Emile Eisman-Semenowsky - The nun.jpg, The Nun, 1900 File:Emile Eisman-Semenowsky - Young Girl with Flowers in her Hair.jpg, Young Girl with Flowers in her Hair, 1900 File:Emile Eisman-Semenowsky Beauty unmasked.jpg, Beauty unmasked, 1911 File:Émile Eisman-Semenowsky Tea-time.jpg, Tea time, 1900 File:Young Beauty by Emile Eisman-Semenowsky, 1887.jpg, Young beauty, 1887

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisman Semenowsky, Emile 1853 births 1918 deaths 19th-century French painters French portrait painters French orientalists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France French people of Polish-Jewish descent Painters from the Russian Empire 20th-century French painters