Artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847 - 1928)
Artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847 - 1928). Exciting secrets of Cairo and Algeria.
Genre paintings by American orientalist artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman.
Only in his birthplace can artist Frederick Arthur Bridgman be considered an American. The artist was born in Tuskogee on November 10, 1847. (Alabama). He lost his father at a young age, and at the age of 16, he began to study as an engraver, but grew interested in painting, and began to attend evening sessions at the Brooklyn Art Association, before enrolling in classes at the National Academy of Design. With the help of Brooklyn capitalists, he moved for Paris at the age of 19 and enrolled in the workshop of Jean-Leon Gerome. Soon after, the young American artist's paintings began to be accepted by Parisian painting salons. ... one of Frederic Arthur Bridgman's paintings was a big hit at the famous Paris Salon during the 1870 exhibition.