Adrien Dauzats

Trained in Bordeaux in stage and lithography design, Adrien Dauzats eventually settled in Paris. He began painting and showed at the Paris Salon from 1831-1867 while continuing to design lithographs and book illustrations. Admired for his remarkable precision and two-point perspective system, Dauzats traveled extensively around Europe, but also to Egypt, Turkey, Syria and Palestine, and created his "signature" architectural views.

His name is often associated with Orientalism, a movement gaining momentum in France at the time. Like many artists of this period, curiostiy about foreign cultures, and the desire to incorporate the exotic into his art, drove Dauzats to travel and seek out these influences. The "East", broadly defined as anywhere from North Africa to India, was a favoured destination for Dauzats, whose skill as a draughtsman and painter was highly praised by critics. Known as "le bon chroniqueur" for his paintings, drawings and book illustrations of his travels, his work was highly influential to later nineteenth-century artists.