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Gustave Guillaumet, 'Mountains in North Africa, with a Bedouin Camp', about 1862-87

Key facts
Full title Mountains in North Africa, with a Bedouin Camp
Artist Gustave Guillaumet
Artist dates 1840 - 1887
Date made about 1862-87
Medium and support Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions 19 × 46 cm
Acquisition credit The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number L835
Location Not on display
Image copyright The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
Collection Main Collection
Mountains in North Africa, with a Bedouin Camp
Gustave Guillaumet

It is difficult to date this oil sketch precisely, since Guillaumet visited North Africa ten times between 1862 and 1867. A range of hills can be seen rising from a valley floor. White-robed Bedouins move across the foreground away from their dark tents. The paint has been applied freely and in some areas thickly, suggesting that the sketch was painted quite quickly.

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Mountains in North Africa, with a Bedouin Camp

Gustave Guillaumet