Fondouk, Biskra
Caroline Helena Armington Canadian
Not on view
Armington visited northern Algeria in 1914 and created this view a fondouk or athering place for travelers and merchants. Cloaked men sit next to a dark passageway with a sunlit space beyond filled with camels. Born near Toronto, the artist moved to Paris with her artist husband Frank Armington in 1905. They both learned to etch in 1908 and then traveled through Europe and to North Africa and North America to find subjects. Demonstrating an interest in traditional picturesque imagery, Armington's work demonstrates the influence of James McNeill Whistler and the continued significance in the early twentieth century of principles espoused by the Etching Revival.