Beautiful Paintings by Félix Ziem in the 19th Century

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Born 1821 in Beaune, Côte-d’Or, French painter Félix Ziem had a visit in 1841 to Italy, where he fell in love with the city of Venice, a place that would become the source for many of his works, and to which he returned annually until 1892.

Following a year-long trip to the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1857-58, Ziem began to include works with an Orientalist theme in his oeuvre. His landscapes included scenes from a variety of locations including Constantinople, Egypt, Martigues, Cagnes-sur-Mer and his native Burgundy. He was a commercially successful artist in his own lifetime.

Ziem died in 1911 in Paris, aged 90. In 1857, the government of France recognized his contribution to the art world by making him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and an officer of the Legion in 1878. Here below is a collection of beautiful paintings by Félix Ziem in the 19th century.