"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937

This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. He was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra conductor...

Exotic and highly atmospheric, this nocturnal Art Deco scene of the famed Egyptian prince, Saif ul Malook, from the fairy tale by Mian Muhammad Baskh, was painted by Gösta Adrian-Nil...

Vividly painted in a palette of white, brilliant blue and ruddy skin tones, this portrait of a bearded Greek youth with ruddy complexion and green eyes was...

Dated 1936, this striking self-portrait of a young man, seen from three vantage points, is painted with warm colors and a bold impasto technique that makes the faces come alive. The man is wearing an artist smock...

ARTIST: Alfredo Florez Gonzalez (Spanish, 19/20 century) TITLE: Portrait of Middle Eastern Man YEAR: 1910 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Few minor paint losses. No visible inpai...

Beautiful oil painting made by the Dutch master Hendricus Albertus Gerardus Froonen, better known to the world as Hein Froonen (1878-1958). This work was made in 1932 and depicts ...

An early 20th century Portrait of a Bedouin Man, oil on panel. Signed 'A. Marin' to the lower left. Well presented in an elegant gilt-effect frame. On panel.

Oil on panel painting of a man's bust in profile, with a beard and a red fez, against a plain light blue background. The portrait, signed in the lower left corner, stands out for its...