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John Frederick Lewis
John Frederick Lewis (Father: Frederick Christian Lewis, an engraver and landscape painter; Uncle: Charles Lewis, a celebrated bookbinder; Brothers: Frederick Christian Jr. and Charles George Lewis, both artists/engravers; Spouse: Marian Harper) was a preeminent English
Adolf von Meckel
Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach (Father: Johann Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach; Mother: Theophile von Denffer) was a significant German landscape and genre painter whose career was defined by his extensive travels across North Africa and the
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (Father: Gustav von Eckenbrecher, a physician; Spouse: Bertha von Eckenbrecher) was a highly prolific and celebrated German landscape painter, best known for his atmospheric depictions of rugged coastlines, majestic fjords, and exotic
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret (Parents: Auguste Poiret, a cloth merchant, and Louise Heinrich; Spouse: Denise Boulet, who was his iconic muse and model; Children: Rosamonde, Martine, Colin, Perrine, and Gaspard) was a visionary French couturier whose radical
Fausto Zonaro
Fausto Zonaro (Father: Maurizio Zonaro, a mason; Mother: Elisabetta Bertoncin; Spouse: Elisabetta Pante, a photographer and painter) Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929) was an Italian painter who earned international acclaim as the last court painter to the
Eugene Girardet
Eugène Alexis Girardet (Born into a celebrated Swiss-French artistic family; Father: Paul Girardet, a noted engraver; Siblings: Jules, Léon, Paul Armand, Théodore, and Julia Antonine, all of whom were artists) was a prominent French Orientalist
Raden Saleh
رادين صالح (Jawi) | Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (Born into a noble Javanese family; Grandson of Terboyo Sayyid Alwi bin Alwi bin Ahmad bin Yahya)(c. 1811–1880) is widely considered the pioneer of modern Indonesian art.
édouard debat-ponsan
Édouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan (Spouse: Marguerite-Juliette Herpin; Daughter: Marguerite, who married the founder of modern French pediatrics, Robert Debré; Son: Jacques Debat-Ponsan, an architect; Grandson: Michel Debré, former Prime Minister of France) (1847–1913) was a prominent
théodore frère
Charles-Théodore Frère (Father: A Paris music publisher; Brother: Pierre-Édouard Frère, a successful genre painter; Nephew: Charles Edouard Frère, also an artist)(1814–1888) was a pioneering French painter and a defining figure of the 19th-century Orientalist movement.
David Roberts
David Roberts (Parents: John Roberts, a shoemaker, and Christian Ritchie; Spouse: Margaret McLachlan; Daughter: Christine) was a highly celebrated Scottish painter and lithographer, best known for his monumental and historically invaluable series of detailed lithographs
Amedeo Preziosi
Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymundus Andreas Preziosi (Father: Count Giovanni Francesco Preziosi; Mother: Margareta Reynaud; Spouse: a Greek woman from Istanbul with whom he had four children) (1816–1882) was a Maltese nobleman and painter who became
Rudolf Ernst
Rudolf Ernst (Father: Leopold Ernst, a prominent Viennese architect) was a major figure in the 19th-century Orientalist art movement, renowned for his highly detailed, vibrantly colored paintings of Middle Eastern and North African life, architecture,
Walter Charles Horsley
Walter Charles Horsley (Father: John Callcott Horsley R.A., a prominent Victorian painter; Mother: Rosamund Haden; Siblings included Sir Victor Horsley, a pioneering surgeon, and Gerald Horsley, an architect) (1855–1934) was a distinguished British painter best
Raphael von Ambros
Rafael von Ambros (Born into an Austrian/Czech family in Prague(1855–1895) was a prominent 19th-century painter known for his highly detailed and atmospheric depictions of the Middle East and North Africa. Though born in Prague, he
Osman Hamdi Bey
Osman Hamdi (Father: Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, an Ottoman Grand Vizier; Brothers: Halil Edhem Eldem and İsmail Galib Bey; Spouses: Marie/Fatma, Marie/Naile) Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910) was a pioneering Ottoman intellectual, administrator, and painter. He stands
John Frederick Lewis
John Frederick Lewis (Father: Frederick Christian Lewis, an engraver and landscape painter; Uncle: Charles Lewis, a celebrated bookbinder; Brothers: Frederick Christian Jr. and Charles George Lewis, both artists/engravers; Spouse: Marian Harper) was a preeminent English
Adolf von Meckel
Adolf Meckel von Hemsbach (Father: Johann Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach; Mother: Theophile von Denffer) was a significant German landscape and genre painter whose career was defined by his extensive travels across North Africa and the
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher
Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (Father: Gustav von Eckenbrecher, a physician; Spouse: Bertha von Eckenbrecher) was a highly prolific and celebrated German landscape painter, best known for his atmospheric depictions of rugged coastlines, majestic fjords, and exotic
Paul Poiret
Paul Poiret (Parents: Auguste Poiret, a cloth merchant, and Louise Heinrich; Spouse: Denise Boulet, who was his iconic muse and model; Children: Rosamonde, Martine, Colin, Perrine, and Gaspard) was a visionary French couturier whose radical
Fausto Zonaro
Fausto Zonaro (Father: Maurizio Zonaro, a mason; Mother: Elisabetta Bertoncin; Spouse: Elisabetta Pante, a photographer and painter) Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929) was an Italian painter who earned international acclaim as the last court painter to the
Eugene Girardet
Eugène Alexis Girardet (Born into a celebrated Swiss-French artistic family; Father: Paul Girardet, a noted engraver; Siblings: Jules, Léon, Paul Armand, Théodore, and Julia Antonine, all of whom were artists) was a prominent French Orientalist
Raden Saleh
رادين صالح (Jawi) | Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (Born into a noble Javanese family; Grandson of Terboyo Sayyid Alwi bin Alwi bin Ahmad bin Yahya)(c. 1811–1880) is widely considered the pioneer of modern Indonesian art.
édouard debat-ponsan
Édouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan (Spouse: Marguerite-Juliette Herpin; Daughter: Marguerite, who married the founder of modern French pediatrics, Robert Debré; Son: Jacques Debat-Ponsan, an architect; Grandson: Michel Debré, former Prime Minister of France) (1847–1913) was a prominent
théodore frère
Charles-Théodore Frère (Father: A Paris music publisher; Brother: Pierre-Édouard Frère, a successful genre painter; Nephew: Charles Edouard Frère, also an artist)(1814–1888) was a pioneering French painter and a defining figure of the 19th-century Orientalist movement.
David Roberts
David Roberts (Parents: John Roberts, a shoemaker, and Christian Ritchie; Spouse: Margaret McLachlan; Daughter: Christine) was a highly celebrated Scottish painter and lithographer, best known for his monumental and historically invaluable series of detailed lithographs
Amedeo Preziosi
Aloysius Rosarius Amadeus Raymundus Andreas Preziosi (Father: Count Giovanni Francesco Preziosi; Mother: Margareta Reynaud; Spouse: a Greek woman from Istanbul with whom he had four children) (1816–1882) was a Maltese nobleman and painter who became
Rudolf Ernst
Rudolf Ernst (Father: Leopold Ernst, a prominent Viennese architect) was a major figure in the 19th-century Orientalist art movement, renowned for his highly detailed, vibrantly colored paintings of Middle Eastern and North African life, architecture,
Walter Charles Horsley
Walter Charles Horsley (Father: John Callcott Horsley R.A., a prominent Victorian painter; Mother: Rosamund Haden; Siblings included Sir Victor Horsley, a pioneering surgeon, and Gerald Horsley, an architect) (1855–1934) was a distinguished British painter best
Raphael von Ambros
Rafael von Ambros (Born into an Austrian/Czech family in Prague(1855–1895) was a prominent 19th-century painter known for his highly detailed and atmospheric depictions of the Middle East and North Africa. Though born in Prague, he
Osman Hamdi Bey
Osman Hamdi (Father: Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, an Ottoman Grand Vizier; Brothers: Halil Edhem Eldem and İsmail Galib Bey; Spouses: Marie/Fatma, Marie/Naile) Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910) was a pioneering Ottoman intellectual, administrator, and painter. He stands
