Alphonse Léon Germain-Thill

Antique French Orientalist Oil Painting Alphonse Léon Germain-Thill

1906

Antique French Orientalist oil painting by Pavy French, 1884 Panel: Height 53cm, width 65cm Frame: Height 74cm, width 84cm, depth 8cm This striking 19th-century Orientalist paintin...

Large antique Orientalist oil painting by Heywood Hardy British, c. 1900 Canvas: Height 79cm, width 104cm Frame: Height 105cm, width 129cm, depth 7cm This remarkable oil painting by...

Large 19th century British Orientalist oil painting by Henry Lynton Stanton British, 1890 Canvas: Height 51cm, width 76cm Frame: Height 59cm, width 84cm, depth 5cm This vibrant oil ...

This fine and richly detailed oil painting has a broad, landscape perspective and depicts a Middle Eastern architectural passageway with colourfully clad figures and camels. The pai...

A beautiful late 19th century French Orientalist oil on panel depicting a North African street with figures seated under an awning. Perhaps the location is the pink city of Marrakesh...

The Painting is Signed Description: Fabbio Fabbi (1861-1946) was an Italian painter renowned for his Orientalist artworks and his ability to capture the beauty and allure of Eastern...

Charles-Théodore Frère (French, 1814-1888) "A Street Scene in Cairo" In a carved wood frame painted to mimic tortoiseshell with a pale green velour liner.  Circa 1888 Signed Oil...

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...