The
Austrian painter, Ludwig Deutsch, born in Vienna, lived 80 years, from
1855 to 1935. He is the descendent of a well-known Jewish Austrian
family. His father was a financier. He studied arts primarily at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna for three years. Then he moved to Paris,
where he continued his practice and training at the studio of Jean-Paul
Laurens. He was an orientalist painter, and had good relation with
another Austrian Orientalist artist in Paris, named Rudolf Ernst. He
visited Egypt for five times, between 1883 and 1904, when it was under
British Occupation. It was a totally, different Egypt, but thanks to
this magnificent painter, many scenes of the period had been
immortalized and frozen in time.
The Egyptian paintings by Ludwig
Deutsch were very carefully and beautifully drawn. They are full of
details in full color and very accurate depiction of small as well as
large real life items. You feel like it is a photo taken with a high
definition camera, or as if you are seeing by your own eyes a still
scene in real life.
Here is for instance one of his painting called: '
The Nubian Guard'
, created in 1892.
And another beautiful painting called: '
The Chess Game', created in 1896.
And this one called: '
The Sahleb Vendor', created in 1886.
