John Frederick Lewis

1804–1876 · Realism

John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and after his return to England in 1851 he specialized in highly detailed works showing both realistic genre scenes of Middle Eastern life and more idealized scenes in upper-class Egyptian interiors with little apparent Western influence.

22 paintings

• A Gondolier, Venice (1835)
• Study for 'The Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch's House in Cairo' (1864)
• The Attendant on the Bath (1854)
• A Bashi-Bazouk (1854)
• The Door of a Café in Cairo (1865)
• Indoor Gossip, Cairo (1873)
• Outstretched Arm of a Monkey
• Oil Sketch of a Lion's Paw
• Courtyard of the Painter's House, Cairo (1851)
• Lilium Auratum (1871)
• The Coffee Bearer (1857)
• “And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick” (1872)
• ?A Sketch for `Foresters Stalking Deer' (1824)
• A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception) (1873)
• On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt (1876)
• John Clark(e) with the animals at Sandpit Gate (1825)
• Sketch for ‘Buck-Shooting in Windsor Great Park’ (1825)
• The Harem (1876)
• Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo (1876)
• The Siesta (1876)
• Buck-Shooting in Windsor Great Park (1825)
• Edfu, Upper Egypt (1860)