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Orientalist Harem Art

Giuseppe Aureli   Orientalist Watercolor In The Harem .
Giuseppe Aureli   Orientalist Watercolor In The Harem .

Giuseppe Aureli Orientalist Watercolor In The Harem .

By Giuseppe Aureli

Located in New York, NY

Middle Eastern Indoor Scene, watercolor of a man and a reclining woman. Artist: Giuseppe Aureli (1858 - 1929) Origin: Italian Date: 19th Century Medium: Watercolor Signature: Signe...

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19th Century Other Art Style Interior Paintings

Materials

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Fine Orientalist Painting Entitled Guarding the Harem
Fine Orientalist Painting Entitled Guarding the Harem

Fine Orientalist Painting Entitled Guarding the Harem

By Addison Thomas Millar

Located in New York, NY

Title: Guarding the Harem Artist: Addison Thomas Millar (1860-1913) Origin: American Date: 19th century Medium: Oil on canvas Signature: Signed ‘Addison T. Millar’ L/L Dimension: 23 ...

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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Orientalist Painting Algerian Harem Academic Painter 19th
Orientalist Painting Algerian Harem Academic Painter 19th

Orientalist Painting Algerian Harem Academic Painter 19th

Located in PARIS, FR

Alphonse Léon GERMAIN-THILL Aumale (Algeria), 1873 – Algiers, 1925 The Harem Oil on canvas 41 x 32.5 cm (56 x 47 cm framed) Signed lower right “AGermain Thill” Born in Algeria, Alph...

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19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting
In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting

In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Oil Painting

By Hans Makart

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

A huge fine 19th century oil on canvas depicting various young women ‘In the Harem’ of an Oriental palace by the eminent Austrian Orientalist painters Hans Makart (1840-1884) and Hei...

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In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Belle Epoque Oil Painting
In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Belle Epoque Oil Painting

In the Harem - Huge 19th Century Orientalist Belle Epoque Oil Painting

By Hans Makart

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

A major inspiration to Gustav Klimt and what became known as the Vienna Succession, Hans Makart was at the centre of European Art Nouveau movement. Heinrich Hans Schlimarski was a ce...

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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Nude Paintings

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Fabio Fabbi ‘Italian, 1861-1946’ Pair of Orientalist Watercolors "Harem Dancers"
Fabio Fabbi ‘Italian, 1861-1946’ Pair of Orientalist Watercolors "Harem Dancers"

Fabio Fabbi ‘Italian, 1861-1946’ Pair of Orientalist Watercolors "Harem Dancers"

By Fabio Fabbi

Located in Queens, NY

Fabio Fabbi (Italian, 1861-1946) An exceptional pair of Orientalist Watercolors "Harem Dancers" Each signed F. Fabbi, lower right. Each watercolor on paper Sight Size o...

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Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl
Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl

Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl

By Adrien-Henri Tanoux

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

This is a large fine 19th century oil on canvas depicting a harem girl or odalisque reclining in an Oriental seraglio by an artist of the circle of the famous French painter Henri Ad...

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Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl
Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl

Une Odalisque - 19th Century French Orientalist Nude Oil Painting - Harem Girl

By Adrien-Henri Tanoux

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

This is a large fine 19th century oil on canvas depicting a harem girl or odalisque reclining in an Oriental seraglio by an artist of the circle of the famous French painter Henri Ad...

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Le Garde Du Harem, A Monumental Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by G. Coudray
Le Garde Du Harem, A Monumental Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by G. Coudray

Le Garde Du Harem, A Monumental Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by G. Coudray

By Georges Charles Coudray

Located in Queens, NY

Le Garde Du Harem, "The Harem Guard" A Monumental Orientalist Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Georges Charles Coudray (French, 1862-1932) Le Garde Du Harem, "The Harem Guard Carrying,...

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The Harem - 19th Century Oil, Orientalist Figures in Interior by Rochegrosse
The Harem - 19th Century Oil, Orientalist Figures in Interior by Rochegrosse

The Harem - 19th Century Oil, Orientalist Figures in Interior by Rochegrosse

By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

A compelling picture full of colour and brushed incredibly persuasively. This oil on canvas by Antoine Georges Rochegrosse is painted exquisitely and superior in its finishing. A gen...

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Vincent Stiepevich  Painting of an Orientalist Harem Lady.
Vincent Stiepevich  Painting of an Orientalist Harem Lady.

Vincent Stiepevich Painting of an Orientalist Harem Lady.

By Vincent Stiepevich

Located in New York, NY

An eastern beauty reclines against the wall of an interior space in an ornately decorated islamic home, containing beautiful examples of islamic archetectual ornamentation incruding ...

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Serenade in the Harem - French 19th Century Orientalist art nude oil painting
Serenade in the Harem - French 19th Century Orientalist art nude oil painting

Serenade in the Harem - French 19th Century Orientalist art nude oil painting

By Joseph Caraud

Located in Hagley, England

This beautiful French 19th century Orientalist oil painting is by noted French artist Joseph Caraud. It was painted circa 1848 when Caraud was painting Algerian scenes. The compositi...

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    There are a number of examples of Orientalist painting. They include Jean-Etienne Liotard's Maria Adelaide of France in Turkish Dress, Anne-Louis Girodet's The Revolt of Cairo, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's The Turkish Bath, Eugène Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus and Antoine-Jean Gros's Battle of the Pyramids. Shop a collection of Orientalist art on 1stDibs.