Talk:Ludwig Deutsch

Reworking article

This article was originally written as a timeline using dot points and someone had suggested that it should preferably be presented as prose. Accordingly I decided to see if I could accomplish that task. There were many problems with the timeline, quite aside from the obvious fact that it used no references. Internal inconsistencies were evident. For instance, his third vist to Egypt was said to be in 1898 while his second visit to was in 1890. These could be simple typographical errors, but it is more likely to be the inclusion of material from different sources using different timelines, without any attempt to reconcile different dates.

In the absence of references it is impossible to clarify the timeline. Therefore, my efforts to convert the article to prose involves more than just rewriting, it also involves validating all content by cross-checking against reliable sources, and where appropriate adding such sources to the article. This has not been an easy task as the artist's life is somewhat enigmatic, and reliable references are thin on the ground. Nevertheless, as part of an ongoing project to improve all articles on Orientalist artists, I have done my best. No doubt further improvements can be made over time. But at least, this is a suitable starting place. BronHiggs (talk) 00:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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I am experiencing some difficulty validating the following dot points with reliable references. Therefore I am moving it to the talk page, while I continue to search. It may require a trip to the state library to locate books on the subject.

• 1894 after making a name for himself in Paris he showed "The eunuchs"at the Künstlerhaus in Vienna.
• 1879 Deutsch entered for the 1st time a portrait in the Salon competition.
• 1880 "Dona Joan Bohorques, Agony of the Inquisition was shown. A piece that suggest the influence of Laurens.
• During this time Deutsch's work goes through an evolution. Although the subjects remain almost the same, he slowly turns from group paintings to that of capturing unique characters, from depicting secular places to that of beautiful palaces and places of worship.
• 1885 Deutsch found a new studio. During his career he was to have several studios throughout Paris and the South of France. He kept a vast amount of objects collected during his travels, such as tiles, furniture, arms, pipes, fabrics, and costumes.
• 1898 Deutsch traveled to Egypt for a 3rd time
• 1890 Deutsch traveled to Egypt for a 2nd time. These trips allowed him to gather subjects and motif for his work. Just like his friend Rudolf Ernst, Deutsch enlisted photographers from photography studios in Cairo.
• 1900 Won the Gold Medal at the Paris Salon in Paris for being a prolific painter for forty years.
• 1914 With the break out of the First World War, he was forced to leave Paris.

Although his whereabouts during this time are not know, it is recorded that he did travel to North Africa for a time.

• 1919 At the first after war Salon he had obtained French citizenship and started to sign his name as Louis Deutsch
• 1935 Unmarried and withdrawn from the world, he died on April 9, 1935 in Paris