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ARTIST: Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, Africa, 1840 - 1887) TITLE: Arab Horsemen at Rest MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: One repaired horizontal crack along the upper edge. Few small scratches/paint losses mostly in the lower right quadrant. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame. ART SIZE: 6 x 9 inches / 15 x 22 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 16 inches / 33 x 40 cm SIGNATURE: lower left LOCATION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 149695 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Gustave Achille Guillaumet studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and received his first medal there in 1861. In the Paris Salon the artist received awards in 1865, 1867, 1872, and also at the Universal Exposition. He was also awarded the Legion d'honneur.Fascinated with Algeria, Guillaumet visited ten times, traveling to Mascara, Oran, and Kabylie. Aware of the problems surrounding Algeria during the time of his visits, Guillaumet focused his attention on the pageantry of life and the austerity of the Algerian desert. In the years 1879 to 1884 the artist's works were put together in an anthology of Algerian pictures.Guillaumet was not only an artist, but a man of letters, his writing appearing in The New Magazine.