Abstract
Alexandre Bida : A Middle East in black and white. The works of Alexandre Bida (1813-1895), one of the pupils of Delacroix, were mainly inspired by four travels he made in Orient between 1843 and 1860. His originality is to be found in his choosing drawing, exclusively and, somewhat paradoxically, which choice proved to be in total adequacy with his iconographical tendencies. Breaking with orientalism and its picturesque, he is one of the first to adopt an ethnological approach, sensitive to the human touch, and to the different social and ethnic components. The need for the authentic leads him to reveal an aspect of the Orient often neglected by travelling painters : religion. He makes a point of showing Muslim in prayer or Jews in front of the Wailing Wall with a great regard for these communities. His good knowledge of Middle East enabled him to participate in the travel review Le
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