Name of Object:

Algerians

Location:

Algiers, Algeria

Holding Institution:

Musée National des Beaux-Arts

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Date of Object:

1884

Author:

Renoir, Auguste (1841, Limoges-1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer)

Inventory Number:

IG

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

62 x 78cm

Description:

This study consists of a series of sketches depicting various Algerians. The subjects are mostly women, whose faces, wrapped in a traditional haik, are particularly interesting. According to experts only two paintings of this kind exist today. Before being acquired by the museum this study belonged to an important collection from the late 19th century. In 2003 it was published in the Australian scholar Roger Benjamin's collection dedicated to Auguste Renoir's Algerian period, Renoir and Algeria.

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Painting

Citation of this web page:

Dalila Orfali "Algerians" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;dz;55;en

Prepared by: Dalila Orfali
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: DZ 115