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Charles Zacharie LandelleYoung girl from Tetouan, MoroccoMid-to-late 19th century
Mid-to-late 19th century
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Young girl from Tetouan, Morocco
Signed (center right)
Oil on canvas
In this important oil on canvas, French Orientalist painter Charles Landelle captures the engaging visage of a young Moroccan woman in a moment of tranquil contemplation. Seated on the floor of what is almost certainly an opulent riad, the young woman wears an intricately embroidered Moroccan kaftan and headdress. The sumptuous patterns on the floor and in the background lend an additional warmth to the strikingly vivid red hues which dominate the composition and are a hallmark of Landelle’s work.
The symbols behind the young woman may represent either the Jewish Star of David or the Islamic Seal of Solomon. Solomon is frequently mentioned in the Qur’an, with many descriptions of his esoteric knowledge granted by God. A talismanic scroll from the Islamic world bearing this symbol resides at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. While Islam was the dominant religion in Morocco in the 19th century, there was also a large Jewish population. Though the woman’s faith is uncertain, there is no question about her transcendent, captivating beauty, which is one of the most remarkable features of this painting.
Charles Landelle was born in 1821 in Laval, France. He studied under the supervision of the painters Paul Delaroche and Ary Scheffer at the School of Fine Arts in Paris and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1841 with religious works and portraits that found great success among critics and visitors. Noticed by King Louis-Philippe, he won a third-class medal in 1842 and a first-class one in 1848. Four years later, Napoleon III purchased two pieces and appointed him Knight of the Légion of Honor. He also won a medal at the 1855’s Universal Exhibition and in Philadelphia in 1876.
Landelle’s career took a turning point in 1866 with a trip to Morocco. Infatuation with the warm colors he encountered inspired the trend toward Orientalism in his work. Fascinated by these brand new landscapes, the artist traveled across Egypt and the Nile in 1875, then traveled to Algeria in 1880 with his son Georges, also a painter. From 1881 to 1892, he spent winters in Algeria, sharing his love for the country with Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Leroy. An active member of the Society of French Orientalist Painters, he participated in the creation of the Fine Art Museum of Laval, thanks to his donation of some of his works as well as ancient paintings. At the peak of his fame, he opened the museum in 1895 alongside French president Félix Faure.
Landelle’s works are well-represented in museums such as the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Palace of Versailles, and the Musée de Grenoble in Grenoble, France. A very similar painting by Landelle titled An Armenian Woman resides at the Wallace Collection in London.
Mid-to-late 19th century
Canvas: 53 1/4" high x 39 1/4" wide
Frame: 64 1/4" high x 51 1/8" wide
- Creator:Charles Zacharie Landelle (1821 - 1908, French)
- Creation Year:Mid-to-late 19th century
- Dimensions:Height: 64.25 in (163.2 cm)Width: 51.13 in (129.88 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:Seller: 31-46861stDibs: LU1869563632
Charles Zacharie Landelle
Charles Zacharie LANDELLE (Laval, 1821 – Chennevières/Marne, 1908) Son of employee of the prefecture of Laval, Charles Zacharie LANDELLE accompanied his father transferred to Paris in 1827. He will not then return to Laval until the end of his life in 1895 for the inauguration of a museum of painting. Admitted in 1837 to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he followed the teachings of Paul DELAROCHE and Ary SCHEFFER. His career began with the production of portraits and large religious compositions - notably for the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs, Saint-Sulpice and Saint-Roch churches in Paris - which were an immediate success and enabled him to gain recognition from the high society of the nineteenth century. He began at the Paris Salon of 1841 with a self-portrait noticed by Louis-Philippe, obtained a third class medal the following year and a first class in 1848. LANDELLE was also awarded at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 in Paris, and in Philadelphia. From then on he was able to follow a career as an official painter, between state commissions and portraits of the great people of his time (Portrait of Alfred de MUSSET, kept at the Palace of Versailles). Napoleon III bought him two paintings of the Beatitudes at the Salon of 1852 to donate to Laval, birthplace of the artist and hired him to participate in the decoration of the Salon des Aides de Camp at the Palais de l'Elysée. As early as the 1850s, LANDELLE discovered the Orient by his travels; especially Morocco, where he will have the opportunity to return on an official mission in 1866. He then realized on his return his famous Femme fellah, a work bought by the Emperor on his personal cassette, and unfortunately destroyed in 1870 in France. fire of the Château de Saint-Cloud. He then participated in a trip to Egypt in 1875, and went down the Nile with the Egyptologist Auguste MARIETTE. In 1880, LANDELLE discovered Algeria accompanied by his son Georges, also a painter. Conquered by the place, he decided each year between 1881 and 1892 to spend his winters in Algeria and to bring back some paintings or studies. LANDELLE was made knight of the Legion of Honor. Museums: Amsterdam (Mus. mun.), Londres (Wallace Coll.), Paris, (Mus. du Louvre, Mus. d’Art Mod.), Sydney, Angers, Caen, Compiègne, Laval, Nantes, Pau, Perpignan, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Versailles…
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