Pair of Italian Guaches of North African, 'Possibly Egyptian' Scenes

Otto pilny (Swiss, 1866-1936) orientalist painter - oil on canvas "The Slave Market". Signed and Dated (l/r): Otto Pilny, 1910. Canvas height: 31 1/2 inches (80 cm). Canvas width: 47 1/4 inches (120 cm). Frame height: 37 inches (94 cm). Frame width: 52 inches (132.1 cm). Previously offered at Christie's New York, 19th Century European Art, Sale 2521 on October 12, 2011, Lot 84. Latest Otto Pilny Sale: Christie's London - The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection on 30 March 2021 - Lot 49 "Dance in the Desert" was sold for £100,800 ($138,500) There is not that much information about Otto Pilny who began his artistic education in Prague. Pilny also lived in Vienna and ended up settling in Zurich. Just like Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935), Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932), and Carl Leopold Müller (1834-1892), Pilny was encouraged to travel abroad. During his two trips to Egypt, a favorite destination of the Austro-Hungarian school, the first one in 1889 and later en 1892, he acquired the taste of painting Orientalist scenes of Middle Eastern landscapes...

Pair of 1950s African ink drawn portraits, framed and signed "Ute Alcortzo" Measures with frame: 32x24x2cm.  

Stunning continental view possibly venice, Italy. Watercolour on Artists board, last quarter of the 19th century. Depicting Mountainous and Landscape views with three ladies...

A 'grand tour' watercolor painting on woven paper of an Italian coastal scene with village, boat, and washer-women on shore housed in a giltwood frame with...

Manner Of Luigi Maria Galea (1847-1917) circa 1900 The Grand Harbour, Valetta, early morning; and The Grand Harbour, Valetta, at dusk signed illeg...

Painting of a tropical coastal scene. Oil on canvas with solid wooden frame.