Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) was an American Orientalist painter known for vivid depictions of Middle Eastern and Indian scenes. An admirer of the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme, Weeks relocated to Paris in 1872 and trained in Paris at the studio of Léon Bonnat. He traveled extensively through Asia, capturing bustling bazaars, architecture, and daily life with remarkable detail and atmospheric light.
Indian Barbers, Saharanpore, India depicts a lively street scene in Saharanpore, India. The focal point shows a group of men engaged in a barbering ritual, with a barber in a blue-grey tunic meticulously trimming a man’s hair. Another barber attends to a second man’s beard. And the third is engaged in cutting hair of a another customer. The painting is characterized by its bright, sunlit palette and detailed depiction of daily life, including the bustling marketplace in the background with figures, carts, and a tree, creating a rich ethnographic record of colonial-era India.
Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) was an American Orientalist painter known for vivid depictions of Middle Eastern and Indian scenes. An admirer of the painter Jean-Léon Gérôme, Weeks relocated to Paris in 1872 and trained in Paris at the studio of Léon Bonnat. He traveled extensively through Asia, capturing bustling bazaars, architecture, and daily life with remarkable detail and atmospheric light.
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Indian Barbers, Saharanpore, India depicts a lively street scene in Saharanpore, India. The focal point shows a group of men engaged in a barbering ritual, with a barber in a blue-grey tunic meticulously trimming a man’s hair. Another barber attends to a second man’s beard. And the third is engaged in cutting hair of a another customer. The painting is characterized by its bright, sunlit palette and detailed depiction of daily life, including the bustling marketplace in the background with figures, carts, and a tree, creating a rich ethnographic record of colonial-era India.
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