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F̩lix Ziem (26 February 1821 Р10 November 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School, who also produced some Orientalist works.


Biography

He was born Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem in
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in the
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of the
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of France. His mother was a native of Burgundy who had married an immigrant from Croatia. Originally, Ziem planned to be an
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, studied in the École des Beaux-Arts in
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, and for a time he worked as an architect. In 1839 he moved to
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, where he received some informal instruction in painting from
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.Poulet & Murphy 1979, p. 45. Painting developed from a hobby into a career following a visit in 1841 to
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, where he fell in love with the city of
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, a place that would become the source for many of his works, and to which he returned annually until 1892. Apart from Venetian scenes, he also painted many still lifes, portraits, and landscapes of diverse locations which reflected his travels. Following a year-long trip to the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1857-58, he began to include works with an Orientalist theme in his oeuvre. His landscapes included scenes from a variety of locations including
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,
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,
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and his native Burgundy. Ziem was a commercially successful artist in his own lifetime.


Career

Ziem's works were first exhibited in 1849 at the
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, and Ziem remained a regular exhibitor there for many years. He also traveled extensively throughout Europe and in 1860 moved to
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, the artistic quarter of the city of
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. Financially successful, he was known to assist struggling young artists. In 1857, the government of France recognized his contribution to the art world by making him a
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, and an officer of the Legion in 1878. Félix Ziem died in 1911 and was interred in the
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in Paris.


Selected paintings

File:Ziem - O Canal Grande em Veneza.jpg, The Grand Canal in Venice (1890-1900) (
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Visiting the French and Italian Squadrons in Toulon (1901) File:Félix Ziem - View of Istanbul.jpg, View of Istanbul
(
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,
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)


See also

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List of Orientalist artists This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalism#Orientalist art, Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subj ...


References


Sources

*Poulet, A. L., & Murphy, A. R. (1979). ''Corot to Braque: French Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston''. Boston: The Museum. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziem, Felix 1821 births 1911 deaths People from Beaune 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French Realist painters French Orientalist painters Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Peintres de la Marine Knights of the Legion of Honour 19th-century French male artists