An interior in Biskra - Frederick Arthur Bridgman

An interior in Biskra - Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American - 1847-1928) - Oil on canvas - 67x104 cm - Mathaf Gallery Ltd., London

Painted in 1881, this scene of domestic life is set in a typical north African house with mud walls, illuminated by a sky light in the flat roof. Bridgman first visited Biskra, an oasis-city in northern Algeria, in 1879. The composition relates to a similar work, Café at Biskra, Algeria, dated 1884, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection.