Antonio Rivas Art

This fine old painting is a typical pastiche of the kind popular throughout Italy and the world in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The most commonly associated artist who really m...

David van der Linden 'When I live my dream'' 60 x 70 cm (Framed 70x80 cm, frame is included in price) Oil on wood panel David van der Linden is a...

Orientalist Moorish gravure scene of Turkish women dancing in the harem. After Luigi Crosio (Italian, 1835-1916), Moorish Scene, "The Dancer" Luigi Crosio...

Giovanni Antonio Raggi (Italian, late 19th century) Scene depicting and hookah smoker. Watercolor and gouache on paper. sight: 14 by 20 ¾ inches Frame: 23 by 30 inches

Children, illustrations, tales Marina Evgenevna USPENSKAYA (Moscow, 1925 – 2007) Marina Evgenevna Uspenskaya was born in Moscow. She graduated from the 1905 Art College, where she ...

A scene of the Thames River near Richmond (outside of London). Unsigned, with hand written note attached verso as pictured. The elegant painting in original giltwood frame Dimensions...

Italian orientalist oil on canvas painting. 20th century. The fine oil painting depicting an orientalist woman dressed in traditional garments w...

Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian: عاشورا‎ - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920. Provenance: The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins. The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...

19th century French oil on wood orientalist painting with frame. Dimensions with frame: 47 x 34 x 5.

Emile CHAUMONT (Perigueux 1877 - 1927) Summer landscape in Périgord Oil on panel H. 32 cm; L. 41 cm Signed lower left, dated 1912 Provenance: Private c...

Copy of Orientalist painting of a sleeping harem girl with vase of poppies & a white feather fan.

Oil on canvas, orientalist scene, signed Louis Saphier. This lovely painting was executed around 1920. Louis Saphier was active and lived in both New Yor...