Painting and Sculpture

Interior of a Mosque

Interior of a Mosque is an oil painting on canvas by the French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme, begun in 1890 and finished by 1899. It measures 23 3/8 inches by 35 3/8 inches. It is now in the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York and belongs to the Hiram Sibley Collection. Hiram Sibley was a philanthropist and art collector in the 19th century, whose daughter, Emily Sibley, actually founded the Memorial Art Gallery. He donated his art collection to the MAG and it has remained ever since. Gérôme is a very well-known name associated with the beginnings of the Orientalist art movement. He is responsible for some of the most widely debated depictions of Orientalism in the context of art, which is loosely defined as depictions or imitations of Eastern culture without deep understanding or knowledge. These shallow understandings of Eastern culture were developed and defined alongside the industrialization of the Western World during the 19th century.

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See also

• ▸Giovanni Antonio Burrini
• ▸Eleazar Sukenik
• ▸Frazier History Museum

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