Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Siesta
Purchased 1921
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
bedroom
clothing and personal items
curtain
domestic
fan
flower
furnishings
interiors
lying down
objects
people
plants and flowers
screen
sleeping
table
vase
vessels and containers
woman
<p>Lewis lived in Cairo between 1842 and 1851. While in the Egyptian capital he reportedly lived in extreme luxury. After he returned to Britain he continued to paint Egyptian scenes, such this sun-drenched domestic interior. Lewis’s British wife, Marian, modelled as the sleeping woman. Victorian portrayals of Arab-Islamic life often characterise it as more decadent, mysterious and sensual than life in Europe. Such representations have been criticised as serving western European viewers’ desire for superiority and control over the Middle East.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2018</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 February 2003 – 25 August 2003
2003-08-25
3 February 2003 – 5 May 2003
2003-05-05
2003-02-03
Castle Museum (Norwich, UK)
24 May 2003 – 25 August 2003
2003-08-25
2003-05-24
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2003-02-03
Flower Power
Loan-out
12 May 2006 – 21 May 2007
2007-05-21
12 May 2007
2007-05-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-05-12
Orientalism
Collection based display
7 February 2008 – 30 April 2009
2009-04-30
26 September 2008 – 4 January 2009
2009-01-04
2008-09-26
Pera Museum (Istanbul, Turkey)
18 February 2009 – 30 April 2009
2009-04-30
2009-02-18
Sharjah Art Museum (Sharjah, UAE)
2008-02-07
British Orientalist Painting
Exhibition
13 April 2011 – 2 August 2011
2011-08-02
13 April 2011 – 2 August 2011
2011-08-02
2011-04-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-04-13
Roger Fenton's Orientalist Photographs
Collection based display
9 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
9 July 2019 – 3 November 2019
2019-11-03
2019-07-09
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2019-07-09
John Frederick Lewis
Loan-out
The Siesta
support: 886 × 1111 mm
frame: 1245 × 1470 × 90 mm
Purchased 1921
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<p>Lewis lived in Cairo between 1842 and 1851. While in the Egyptian capital he reportedly lived in extreme luxury. After he returned to Britain he continued to paint Egyptian scenes, such this sun-drenched domestic interior. Lewis’s British wife, Marian, modelled as the sleeping woman. Victorian portrayals of Arab-Islamic life often characterise it as more decadent, mysterious and sensual than life in Europe. Such representations have been criticised as serving western European viewers’ desire for superiority and control over the Middle East.</p>
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults bedroom clothing and personal items curtain domestic fan flower furnishings interiors lying down objects people plants and flowers screen sleeping table vase vessels and containers woman