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Alternative titles
Le charmeur de viperes
1889
Painting
oil on canvas
176.5 x 180.4cm
Purchased 1890
799
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, British & European 19th Century Art Galleries, Court 10C
Further information
Another of the prolofic technicians of late nineteenth-century art, Dinet was a French-born painter-illustrator, with a penchant for attention-seeking titles and striking technical effects are exploited in 'The snake charmer', an orientalist painting that doubles as a touristic postcard. Exotic in its geo-graphical setting and sensational in its subject matter, it further trades on scale as a strategy to arrest the viewer. The figures are large and brilliantly coloured, seeming to spill into the gallery space. The charmer himself is consciously that, with a toothy smile and 'authentic' costume. Also noteworthy is the treatment of bright sunlight which Dinet translates into broad applications of impasto paint with practised, not to say formulaic, ease. No real attempt is made to create a composition. Rather, the cropped casualness of a photograph is suggested.
AGNSW Handbook, 1999.
Provenance
Paris Salon (France), Paris/France, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Paris Salon 1890
Bibliography
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook; Bruce James (Australia), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940); 1999, 50 (colour illus.), 'Western Collection: Paintings and Sculpture' by Bruce James, pg. 17-77.
Book; (and so forth); Robert Dessaix; 1998, (colour illus.), The image appears between pages 232 and 233.
Periodical; Look; Wendy Symonds (Australia); Oct 1997, 15 (colour illus.), 16, 'The Romance of Arabia - Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee' by Roger Benjamin, pg. 14-17.
Exhibition catalogue; Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee; Roger Benjamin (Australia, b.1957), Ursula Prunster (Australia), Lynne Thornton, Mounira Khemir; 1997, 20, 41-43, 44 (colour illus.), 45, 129 (colour illus.), 129-30, 'The Oriental Mirage' by Roger Benjamin, pg. 7-31; 'From Empire's End: Australians as Orientalists, 1880-1920' by Ursula Prunster, pg. 41-53.
Supplement/Newspaper; Good Weekend; Fenella Souter; 1997, 27, 28 (colour illus.), 'Scenes from the Kaskah' by Janet Hawley, pg. 24-30.
Book; La vie et l'oeuvre de Etienne Dinet; Koudir Benchikou; 1991, cat.no. 144
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook; Annabel Davie; 1988, 48, 'European' by Renée Free, pg. 36-56
Educational/Book; Images in opposition: Australian landscape painting 1801-1890; Tim Bonyhady (b.1957); 1985, 149, 'Contrasting lights', pg.135-154.
Exhibition catalogue; Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition; Anna Waldmann (Australia); 1984, (illus.), no catalogue numbers
Periodical; Art and Australia (Vol. 22, No. 1); Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997); Spring 1984, 49, 52, 55, 'Victorian favourites: a conversation - Elwyn Lynn and Lloyd Rees', pg. 49-56.
Book; Catalogue del l'oeuvre de Dinet; Koudir Benchikou; 1984, 194, cat.no. 144
Book; The Orientalists: painter travellers; Lynne Thornton; 1983
Exhibition catalogue; An exhibition of French art; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1944, cat.no. 101
Exhibition catalogue; Continental Art; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1940, cat.no. 1
Book; La vie de E. Dinet; Jeanne Dinet Rollince; 1938, 62
Periodical; Art and Australia; Editor Unknown; 1919, 12, 'The Art of Arthur Streeton', pg. 12.
Periodical; L'Art et les artistes; Author Unknown; 1909-1910, 163-172
Exhibition catalogue; Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906; National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1906, (illus.), cat.no. 77
Periodical; Le Salon de 1890; Armand Dayot; 1890, 84 (illus.)
Periodical; Le Temps; Paul Mantz; 02 Jul 1890
Periodical; L'art francais; Firmin Javel; 28 Jun 1890, cat.no. 166 (repr. en glyptographie)
Periodical; Le monde illustre; R. Fernandez; 17 May 1890, 322
Periodical; Brelaus de salons; Ernest Hoschédé; 1890, 225
Periodical; Revue francaise et samedi réunis; Henri Pagat; 1890, 97
Periodical; L'artiste; Leonce Bénédite; 1890, 85
Periodical; Paris Salon; Editor Unknown; 1890, 95 (illus.)
Newspaper; Figaro; Author Unknown; 1890, (illus.)
Periodical; Le Salon de 1890; Maurice Hamel; 1890, 86 (illus.)
Periodical; Revue des deux mondes, vil 3; Georges La Fesnetic; 1890, 925
Exhibition venue
Title: Orientalism - Delacroix to Klee
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Opening: 20 Mar 1998
Closing: 07 Jun 1998
Curator: Benjamin, Roger
Khemir, Mounira
Prunster, Ursula
Thornton, Lynne
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 06 Dec 1997
Closing: 22 Feb 1998
Curator: Benjamin, Roger
Khemir, Mounira
Prunster, Ursula
Thornton, Lynne
Title: Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 15 Nov 1984
Closing: May 1985
Title: An exhibition of French art at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 04 Oct 1944
Closing: 31 Oct 1944
Notes: cat. no. 101
Title: Exhibition of Continental Art
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: Nov 1940
Closing: Dec 1940
Title: Loan collections of oil paintings
Venue: Art Gallery of South Australia
Opening: 1894
Closing: 1894
Venue: National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street]
Opening: Sep 1894
Closing: Sep 1894
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 1894
Closing: 1894
Title: Salon de 1890
Venue: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Opening: 1890
Closing: 1890
Notes: cat.no. 298
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