{"id":8177,"date":"2021-04-30T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2021-04-30T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:00:09","slug":"an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/04\/an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer&#8221; c. 1895 by Georges Clairin (French, 1843 &#8211; 1919)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<h1 dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t1I7T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/04\/an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919\/georges-clairin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=1650%2C1275&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1650,1275\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Georges-Clairin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=580%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8178\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?resize=580%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"449\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 dir=\"auto\"><\/h1>\n<h1 dir=\"auto\">Q: What do these two paintings have in common?<\/h1>\n<h1>A: The Painter!\u00a0 Georges Glairin (French, 1843-1919)<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Above left is a painting that fits into the Orientalist genre popular in the 19th century. It&#8217;s entitled &#8220;An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer&#8221; c. 1985.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Above right is Clairin&#8217;s most famous work, &#8220;Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt&#8221; c. 1876 &#8211; now exhibited at the Petit Palais in Paris.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"padding-left: 80px; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Clairin was best known in Paris in the late 19th century as a portraitist, with the ability to capture and render features, clothing, and perhaps more importantly, the personality of the sitter.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t1I7T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/04\/an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919\/sarah_bernhardt_as_cleopatra_1893\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Cleopatra_1893.jpg?fit=895%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"895,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Cleopatra_(1893)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Cleopatra_1893.jpg?fit=179%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Cleopatra_1893.jpg?fit=580%2C972&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8181 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Sarah_Bernhardt_as_Cleopatra_1893.jpg?resize=300%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"503\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Clairin &#8211; Portraitist and Traveler<\/h2>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In an era of photography, Clairin was able to capture nuances and subtlety of his subject&#8217;s wit, charm, and gaze. Sara Bernhardt is unmistakably herself and her portrait was a favorite of the attendees of the Paris Salon in 1876.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But Clairin was also a traveler and visited North Africa many times during his lifetime, spending whole seasons there sketching and painting. The result of his insightful observations, married with his skill as a painter created images like our Ouled Dancer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Left: Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra by Georges Clairin c. 1893<\/h3>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer<\/h2>\n<p class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In &#8220;An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer&#8221; c. 1895, he captures the essence of this dancer. This painting is quite unlike the &#8220;naughty French postcards&#8221; sold in the tourist cities of Tangiers, Algiers, Tripoli, and Cairo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Instead, what we have is a painting that captures the splendid grandeur of the Ouled Nail. We see her layers of fabric, the voluminous Turkish trousers, the sumptuous layers of adornment, and even her two bags, a small purse worn bandolier style and a larger bag worn on her hip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He recorded a specific individual, a dancer perhaps in that moment of readying herself to take the floor, scanning the audience for the biggest tipper or the most enthusiastic audience participant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When I was a working pro in restaurants and nightclubs, I would often stand just in the wings and make a mental map of where I wanted to go within the environment. I look at this painting and that moment resonates with me as a dancer, forging recognition and connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\" style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Do you feel that too?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What moment in her dance do you think the artist captured?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So what&#8217;s the lesson learned here? Not all artists working within the Orientalist genre are created equally. We should take the time to evaluate each painting with a critical eye that takes into account the individual experience, training, mission, and goals of each artist.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t1I7T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/main\/dancers-in-orientalist-art-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dancers-in-Orientalist-Art-WEB.png?fit=288%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"288,288\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dancer&amp;#8217;s in Orientalist Art WEB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dancers-in-Orientalist-Art-WEB.png?fit=288%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dancers-in-Orientalist-Art-WEB.png?fit=288%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8172 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dancers-in-Orientalist-Art-WEB.png?resize=288%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">Dancers in Orientalist Art<\/h2>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<p dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If we simply jettison &#8220;Orientalist Art&#8221; we lose opportunities to gain information about clothing, the texture, color, and the swagger of how it was worn. But in addition in the hands of great artists, we can glean clues about the attitude of the subject, characteristic postures, poses and gestures, their taste and style.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are interested in learning more about how to separate the good from the great, the useful from the trivial, the celebrated vs subjugated, join me for my June Talk, &#8220;Dancers in Orientalist Art.&#8221; Sunday, June 20, Noon Pacific.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t1I7T5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to reserve your spot for the live talk with Q&amp;A.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Thank you for all of your support of my ongoing research!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>April 30, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/04\/an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-attachment-id=\"8178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2021\/04\/an-ouled-nail-tribal-dancer-c-1895-by-georges-clairin-french-1843-1919\/georges-clairin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=1650%2C1275&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1650,1275\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Georges-Clairin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=580%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><p>Q: What do these two paintings have in common? A: The Painter!\u00a0 Georges Glairin (French, 1843-1919) Above left is a painting that fits into the Orientalist genre popular in the 19th century. It&#8217;s entitled &#8220;An Ouled Nail Tribal Dancer&#8221; c. 1985. Above right is Clairin&#8217;s most famous work, &#8220;Portrait de Sarah Bernhardt&#8221; c. 1876 &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-pubs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Georges-Clairin.jpg?fit=1650%2C1275&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-27T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8177"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8190,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8177\/revisions\/8190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}