Edwin Lord Weeks, Travellers by a River Nile Tributary at Sundown, Egypt, 1800s, Watercolor & Paper

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Edwin lord weeks.
american ( b.1849 - d.1903 ).
travellers by a river nile tributary at sundown.
watercolour on paper.
… Read more Edwin lord weeks.
american ( b.1849 - d.1903 ).
travellers by a river nile tributary at sundown.
watercolour on paper.
monogram lower left.
image size 6.7 inches x 11 inches ( 17cm x 28cm ).
frame size 9 inches x 13.4 inches ( 23cm x 34cm ).

available for sale from big sky fine art in the english county of dorset, this original painting is by the american orientalist artist edwin lord weeks and dates from the mid 1870s.
the watercolour is presented and supplied in a sympathetic contemporary frame (which is shown in these photographs), mounted using conservation materials and behind premium glass with uv protection greater than 70% (artglass ar 70™).
this antique painting is in superb condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display.
the watercolour is monogrammed lower left.

edwin lord weeks was one of the most celebrated american orientalists. He was a painter, illustrator, adventurer and author who lived an exciting and often dangerous life. In an age when many artists travelled in europe and ‘the orient” he ventured much further, lived amongst the people he painted and gained sustained international acclaim.

he travelled extensively throughout the holy lands, northern africa, morocco, turkey and india, sometimes in most hostile conditions. From around 1870 all of his art reflects the experiences of his travels.
during the 1890s weeks achieved international recognition as both an artist and author. In 1896 he was made a knight of the french legion of honour and in 1898 he became an officer of the order of st. Michael of bavaria. His works can be found today in many of the leading american museums and galleries as well as the musée du louvre and musée d’orsy in paris.

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this evocative original watercolour by edwin lord weeks, one of the foremost orientalist artists of the 19th century, depicts a tranquil riverside scene at sundown along a tributary of the nile. Bathed in the warm glow of a fading pink and gold sky, the composition shows a small group of travellers resting by the water’s edge, accompanied by camels beneath gently swaying palm trees. In the distance, the faint silhouettes of pyramids rise on the horizon, their reflections shimmering softly in the still river.

weeks demonstrates his exceptional command of watercolour technique, using delicate washes and subtle tonal transitions to convey atmosphere, light, and reflection. The calm surface of the water mirrors the sky and surrounding landscape, enhancing the sense of stillness and contemplative mood that characterises much of his finest work. The carefully balanced composition draws the eye from the foreground shoreline across the river towards the distant desert forms, creating depth and narrative interest.
dating from the mid-1870s, this work belongs to the period following weeks’s extensive travels in egypt and the middle east, which profoundly influenced his art. The painting is monogrammed by the artist in the lower left, confirming its authenticity.

highly decorative and historically significant, travellers by a river nile tributary at sundown is a fine example of edwin lord weeks’s orientalist watercolours and would appeal to collectors of 19th-century orientalist art, grand tour paintings and nile river landscapes. This piece has an attribution mark,
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