Islamic Paintings

Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866-1936) A very fine orientalist oil on canvas "The Slave Market", depicting a desert scene with the offering of two female slaves. 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...

An antique Islamic miniature painting on paper with a traditional plot from secular life, circa 1800. Painted in opaque watercolor with gold acents. On a dais under a red canopy sits the ruler, who is surrounded on all sides by his subjects, looking at him with reverence and respect. Islamic miniatures are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks. The earliest examples date from around 1000 AD, with a flourishing of the artform from around 1200 AD. Antique Islamic Miniature, Illustrations, Vintage Oriental art...

Exceptional oil painting of of street view of the old city in Jerusalem. Edward Philips, Ben Avram (born 1941) is an artist who was born in Bombay, India ...

Historical pair of 18th Century Indo Persian manuscripts hand decorated in gouache depicting cultural events. Presented under glass in gilt wood fra...

Middle Eastern style gilt and red velvet framed print of Middle Eastern or North African horsemen bearing rifles.(as is) Condition: (Previously punctured, repair slighly visable)

A Orientalist watercolor picture of "A lady at the Bazaar" from the 19th century is a cacophony of colors and textures. The lady demurely lowers her gaze while sensuously caressing t...

D. Thyaga Raj 1922 - 1981 Watercolour on paper. Signed “G D Thyaga Raj” l.r. 14 1/4" x 21" in. (36.2 x 53.3 cm.) Frame: 19 1/4" x 25 3/4" in. (49 x 65.5 cm.) Bustling city street...

"Evening Prayers" by Wijdan Oil on canvas displayed in a giltwood frame. Painted by artist and art historian Princess Wijdan Ali in the 1970's. This piece was acquired from the estat...

Dove Peace and Arabic Calligraphy purple and yellow oil on canvas painting framed. Hand painted of a women made of writing in Arabic calligraphy style design following a dove. From an Art Gallery in Manhattan Beach...

Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young maiden resting on a Persian rug laid down as a bed while holding a tambourine and next to a Moroccan ivory-inlaid octagonal table with a tea pot on top. Signed and inscribed 'Ballesio Roma Tivoli' (upper right). All within an ornate rococo gilt wood and gesso carved frame with a protective glass, Rome, circa 1890-1900, Frame height: 23 inches (58.4 cm). Frame width: 30 1/2 inches (30.5 cm). Frame depth: 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm). Paper height: 15 inches (38.1 cm). Paper width: 21 1/2 inches (54.7 cm). Literature: A similar subject matter watercolor is catalogued and illustrated in Caroline Juler, "Les Orientalistes...

This acrylic painting by Ali Hassoun celebrates the festival the Eid ul-Adha. One of the most important Islamic festivals, commemorating the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifi...