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Frederick Goodall was an English Artist (1822-1904) and was born in London. He got his education from Wellington Road Academy and belonged to Orientalist movement. Frederick was well known for his oil paintings.

Julio Romero de Torres ( 1874-1930 ) was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around his father’s studio, the classrooms of the School of Fine Arts and Music Conservato…

Fabio Fabbi stands out as one of Italy's most celebrated and commercially successful artists within the realm of Orientalism. This Italian artist was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1861, Fabbi's artistic journey began at the Academia Di Belle Art in Florence, where he delved into the real…

Contents About the Artist  William Holman Hunt was born in 1827 at Cheapside, City of London to a warehouse manager William Hunt and Sarah. He died in 1910. He was an English painter and artist. He was one of the founding fathers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He is widel…

Jean-Etienne Liotard belonged to a French Huguenot family which had settled in Geneva, He was a widely traveled artist. He lived in Istanbul from 1738 to 1742 and there he painted different art works and scenes of non-Muslim women wearing Turkish costume. His pastel technique was very smooth,…

A Lady Pouring Chocolate , ca. 1744, oil on canvas   Jean-Étienne Liotard was a Swiss painter, miniaturist, print-maker and a pastellist and was very famous for his pastel portrait. Some of his famous art works are: A Lady Pouring Chocolate , ca. 1744, oil on canvas Jeanne-Elisabeth de …