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This artwork, Vue de Constantinople by Félix Ziem, is currently for sale at Daphne Alazraki Fine Art.
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TITLE:
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Vue de Constantinople
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CATEGORY:
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Paintings
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MATERIALS:
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Oil on canvas
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MARKINGS:
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Signed lower right: Ziem
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SIZE:
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19 x 31.5 inches (48 x 80 cm.)
Framed: 27 x 39 inches (69 x 100 cm.)
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STYLE:
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Barbizon School
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Comite Felix Ziem and signed by Franck Baille, Nicole Burand and Felix Christian Meissirel, dated December 2012.
Felix Ziem was born in Beaume in the Cote d’Or of the Burgundy region of France in 1821. He studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Dijon until 1838. His career as a painter was set in motion in 1839 when Ferdinand Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, acquired two watercolors by Ziem and commissioned six more.
By 1842, Ziem was in contact with members of the European aristocracy and began to travel extensively. Particularly notable are his numerous trips to Italian cities like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Naples, and Rome between 1846 and 1848. After 1853, he also made frequent visits to Barbizon, where he was an active member of the Barbizon school.
Ziem is best known for his landscape paintings but was also a prolific painter of still-lifes, portraits, and animal paintings. Above all, Ziem was a painter of Venice, a city he visited more than 20 times.
Ziem enjoyed much success during his lifetime exhibiting at the Salon regularly between 1849 and 1868 and his works were much sought after by upper class collectors. Towards the end of his life, he received many official honors and his paintings were the first by a living artist to enter the Louvre in 1910.
Ziem’s work is characterized by vivacity and originality and as our painting, Vue de Constantinople, exemplifies, his ability to capture the essence of grand cities. Ziem’s use of bright lively colors and quick bold brushwork masterfully captures the atmospheric qualities of Constantinople. The artist chooses a view of the city’s most majestic landmark, the Hagia Sophia, its unmistakable dome, and soaring spires creating a focal point at the very center of the painting. The scene is suffused with the golden glow of the setting sun, and Ziem demonstrates his ability to transcribe the fleeting iridescence of light on the water. This beautiful painting truly shows Ziem at his best.
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PROVENANCE:
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European Private collection
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