
While in Rome, Spanish artist Francisco Masriera y Manovens (1842—1902) began to paint the Orientalist subjects that were to make his reputation. These subjects of...

While in Rome, Spanish artist Francisco Masriera y Manovens (1842—1902) began to paint the Orientalist subjects that were to make his reputation. These subjects of...

“The long black nights, when the moon hides her face, when the stars are afraid, are not so black. The silence that dwells in the forest is not so black. There is...

Theodore Jacques Ralli (1852—1909) or Theodorus Rallis was a Greek painter, watercolourist and draughtsman, who spent most of his working life in France and Egypt. He...

Thomas Seddon (1821—1856) was an English landscape painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who painted colourful and highly detailed scenes of Brittany,...

“To wisely live your life, you don’t need to know much. Just remember two main rules for the beginning: You better starve, than eat whatever And better be alone, than...

Otto Pilny (1866—1936) was a great admirer of Orientalist subjects and in 1889 he travelled to Egypt for the first time. He was enthralled by its landscape, its people...

Otto Pilny (1866—1936) was a Swiss-born artist, who specialised in Oriental genre scenes. Started his artistic education in Prague. Later he lived in Vienna for a time,...

A moving Eastern bazaar scene over an orange sunset, dark-blue shadows and the thin sickle of the moon. The vibrant colours of this landscape is usual for avant-garde...