Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – January 13, 1928) was an American artist. An American Southerner, born in Tuskeegee, Alabama, the son of a physician, Bridgman would become one of the United States' most well-known and well-regarded painters and become known as one of the world's most talented Orientalist painters.
In 1867, Bridgman entered the studio of the noted academic painter Jean-Leon Gérôme (1824-1904), where he was deeply influenced by Gérôme's precise draftsmanship, smooth finishes, and concern for Middle-Eastern themes. Bridgman would even become known as "the American Gérôme.” No mere imitator, however, Bridgman would later adopt a more naturalistic aesthetic, emphasising bright colours and painterly brushwork.
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