Alfred Chataud (1833-1908) Pair Of Orientalist Paintings

Pair of 19th century Orientalist paintings Oils on Panels by Alfred CHATAUD (Marseille 1833 - Algiers 1908) adorned with rich arabesque frames finely carved in gilded wood presenting two elegant oriental compositions in the impressionist technique representing the Casbah of Algiers animated by the orange market rue de La Mer Rouge. Good general condition, note some cracks of time on the paint. Note that the two paintings are listed on Artnet following an auction dated December 8, 1997- They measure respectively 53 and 54 cm high X 40 and 41 cm wide / at sight 29.5 cm x 16.5 cm. Alfred CHATAUD was born in Marseilles in 1833, he became a pupil of Émile Loubon from 1857 to 1860, then he went to Paris to work in the studio of Charles Gleyre. His family owning properties in Algeria, he made his first trip to Algeria in 1856 to Algiers and Bône, then to Morocco and Tunisia, he settled permanently in 1892 near Sidi Moussa. He exhibited at the Salons from 1864 to 1885. Passionate about Muslim art, he studied jewelry, mosque lamps, Koranic bindings. He is also the painter of the Kasbah of Algiers, the alleys, the markets, the religious customs. The Biskris, from the city of Biskra, were the men in charge of the small trades of the Kasbah. The works of Alfred Chataud are mainly kept in the museum of the 1930s in boulogne-billancourt and in the musée du quai branly in Paris.