Albert Pépin, Cowherds In Central Asia

Albert PÉPIN (1849-1917)
Cowherds in Central Asia
Oil on canvas (relined)
Signed lower right A. Pépin
22 x 33 cm
Gilt wood frame

Note :

Albert Pépin was a painter and illustrator. He was the childhood friend of Pierre Gabriel Edouard BONVALOT (Spain, 1853 - Paris, 1933), one of the greatest French explorers of the 19th century, known for his travels in Central Asia and Tibet as well as for the works that he wrote about his travels. Between 1880 and 1890, he explored many regions of Central Asia. During his third trip in 1886, he left with Guillaume Capus, botanist and ethnologist, and Albert Pépin, draftsman, the author of our painting. They will go as far as Afghanistan. It is therefore an authentic testimony to the life of populations and landscapes very rarely painted at that time.

Sources :

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Bonvalot

Bibliography :

Svetlana Gorshenina, Explorers in Central Asia, Travelers and Adventurers from Marco Polo to Ella Maillart, Olizane editions, 2003
Svetlana Gorshenina, Aymon Baud and Philippe Forêt, La haute Asia as they saw it, explorers and scientists from 1820 to 1940, Olizane editions, 2003
Gabriel BONVALOT, From the Caucasus to the Indies through the Pamir, Book decorated with 250 drawings by Albert Pépin with a map of the itinerary of the trip , Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1889