"Young East on a terrace in Algiers", oil on canvas, Maxime Noiré (1861-1927) The darbuka is for pleasure, otherwise the rest is close to reality. "Self-taught, he went to Algeria for health reasons and moved, about 1882, in Algiers, where he began to gain fame as the first painter" impressionistic "of Algeria. Traveling in southern Algeria, where he discovered the oasis and the Aures and after having a workshop in Algiers Fresh-Vallon, the Garden of Essai, and near Bab El-Oued, he finally moved to Bou-Saada which he contributed to the reputation in the wake and Etienne Dinet. "This artist was still "Official Painter of the Navy and the Colonies." Here's how the writer Isabelle Eberhardt, who died in Ain Sefra, describes it: "The painter horizons on fire and almond tears".
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