However, Orientalist art went beyond mere documentation ... Delacroix’s fictitious view of a harem into one of his most famous paintings,” says de Guise. Distance and unfamiliarity Another ...

This spring, the art world’s attention is focused on London, where one of the most remarkable rediscoveries in Orientalist ...

Though not as famous as Vincent van Gogh or Claude ... East and gathered source material from what he witnessed. Orientalist paintings were in high demand, sometimes serving the purpose of ...