African Women at a Fountain in a Muslim Cemetery
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
African Women at a Fountain in a Muslim Cemetery is a 1850 watercolor by Unknown, a orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows three African women in a Muslim cemetery, gathered around a fountain. The woman in the center stands tall, wearing a long, flowing white dress and a red headscarf, holding an orange jug in her right hand. The other two women are crouched down, one on the left and one on the right, both wearing white dresses and red headscarves. The scene is set against a backdrop of tombstones and a stone wall, with a few trees visible in the distance. The colors are muted, with shades of brown, beige, and gray dominating the palette. The painting is a beautiful example of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion and imagination. To learn more about this style, look up the Romanticism movement.
