This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia.This is a composite listing compiled from multiple sources including: Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia and India, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005; Juler, C., Les Orientalistes de l'Ecole Italienne, Edicion Internationale, Paris, ACR,1994; Thornton, L., The Orientalists: Painter Travellers, [Edition en langue anglaise], Paris, ACR, 1994; Ackerman, G.M., American Orientalists, ACR, 1994; Meagher, J., "Orientalism in Nineteenth-Century Art," [The Metropolitan Museum of Art Essay], Online: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/euoAckerr/hd_euor.htm; Orientalist Painting http://www.visual–arts–cork.com/history–of–art/orientalist–painting.htm; Pouillon, F., Dictionnaire des Orientalistes de Langue Française, KARTHALA, 2008; Hannavy, J.Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Routledge, 2013; Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen, A. and Hannavy, J. (eds), Central Asia in Art: From Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics, I.B.Tauris, 2016 and Atroschenko, O., Bulatov, V., Kouteinikova, I., Solovyeva, K. and Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, D., Russia's Unknown Orient: Orientalist Painting 1850–1920, Nai010 Publishers, 2010; Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 <Online:https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/2821> (translated from Spanish); Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997 (translated from French); Haja, M., Between Dream and Reality: Austrian Orientalist Painters in the Nineteenth Century, Salzburg, E. Mayer-Oehring, 1997; The Greek Painters from the 19th Century to the 20th Century, Volume One, Melissa, 1974. Reference has also been made to Wikipedia articles for Orientalist artists for whom notability has been established. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a major part of their body of work. For example, the list includes some portrait painters based in Europe who on occasion painted sitters wearing "oriental" costume. The list also includes Orientalist photographers, engravers and lithographers. The list includes links to the English Wikipedia, and where no English article exists, named artists are linked to foreign language versions of Wikipedia, where available.
Note: This listing uses Spanish naming customs, for personalities from cultural areas where they prevail : the first family name is the paternal name and the second is the maternal family name. Artists are listed alphabetically by their paternal family name. For example, the Spanish artist, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, is listed under "S" for Sorolla, the paternal family name.
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Luigi Acquarone (Italian, 1800–1896) (French, 1899–1950)Vidal-Bué, M.(ed.), L'Algérie des peintres: 1830–1960, Paris-Méditerranée, 2002, p. 103 Edouard Joseph Alexander Agneessens (Belgian, 1842–1885)Dean, S., European paintings of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, 1995, p. 17 Simon Agopyan (also known as Simon Hagopian) (Armenian, 1857–1921) Christoph Ludwig Agricola (German, 1667–1719) Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russia, 1817–1900) Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (Polish, 1852–1916) José Alcázar Tejedor (Spanish, 1850–1907)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 272 (translated from French) George Aleef (Russian, 1887–1970) William Allan (Scottish, 1782–1850) Gaudensi Allar (French, 1841–1904) architect and sculptor (French, 1899–1974) Francesco Saverio Altamura (Italian, 1822–1897) Germán Álvarez Algeciras (Spanish, 1848–c.1912)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, pp 18–19 Eugenio Álvarez Dumont (Spanish, 1864–1927)Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 Online: (translated from Spanish) Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian, 1857–1941) (Austrian, 1855–1895) Federico Amérigo y Rouvier (Cuban-Spanish, 1840–1912)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 272 Pierre Andrieu (French, 1821–1892)Thorton, L. (ed.), Orientalists: Painter-travellers, ACR edition, 1994, p. 69 Luis Anglada Pinto (Spanish, 1873–1946)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 272 Louis Ferdinand Antoni (French, 1872–1940) German Aracil (Spanish, b. 1965) Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq (French, 1826–1895) Hippolyte Arnoux (French, fl.1860–1890) photographer, active in the Nile Valley José Arpa y Perea (Spanish, 1858–1952) (Spanish, 1829–1891)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 273 Josep Arrau i Barba (Spanish, 1802–1872) Kamil Aslanger (Turkish, b. 1949) (French, 1892–1977) Albert Louis Aublet (French, 1851–1938)Thorton, L. (ed.), Orientalists: Painter-travellers, ACR edition, 1994, p. 19 Émile Aubry (French, 1880–1964) Giuseppe Aureli (Italian, 1858–1929) Adolphe Aze (French, 1823–1884)
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Henry Bacon (American, 1839–1912) Émile Baes (Belgian, 1879-1953) Léon Bakst (Russian, 1866–1924) Ricardo Balaca y Orejas-Canseco (Spanish, 1844–1880) (Italian, 1860–1923)Germaner, S. and İnankur, Z., Orientalism and Turkey, Turkish Cultural Service Foundation, 1989, p.41 Mariano Baquero (Spanish, 1838–c.1890)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 26 Mathieu Barathier (French, 1784–1867) lithographer and engraver Filippo Baratti (Italian, 1849–1936) Mariano Barbasán y Lagueruela (Spanish, 1864–1924)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'École Espagnole, ACR édition, 1997, p. 273 Jean Barbault (French, 1718–1762) Prosper Barbot (French, 1798–1877) Salvador Sánchez Barbudo (Spanish, 1857–1917) Charles Bargue (French, c. 1826/1827–1883) Josep Tapiró Baró (Spanish, 1836–1913)Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 Online: (translated from Spanish) Alfonso Barrada y Medina (Spanish, 1857–1905)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 273 François Pierre Barry (French, 1813–1905) Federico Bartolini (Italian 1861–1908) Marius Bauer (Dutch, 1867–1932) Gustav Bauernfeind (German, 1848–1904)Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia and India, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005, p. 26, 52, 70, 100–119 Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841–1870) Antonio Beato (Italian, 1835–1906) Orientalist photographer Felice Beato (Italian, 1832–1909) Orientalist photographer Émile Béchard (French, fl. 1870–1890) Orientalist photographerHolloway, S.W., Orientalism, Assyriology and the Bible, Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006, p.xi Mikhail Belaevsky (Russian, 1893–1930) Gentile Bellini (Italian, c.1429–1507) Pietro Bello (Italian, 1831–1909)Germaner, S. and İnankur, Z., Orientalism and Turkey, Turkish Cultural Service Foundation, 1989, p.41 Léon Belly (French, 1827–1877) Manuel Benedito (Spanish, 1875–1963)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 27 José Benlliure y Gil (Spanish, 1855–1937)Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 Online: (translated from Spanish) Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (French, 1845–1902) François-Léon Benouville (French, 1821–1859) Joseph Austin Benwell (British, 1816–1886) Narcisse Berchère (French, 1819–1891)Thornton, L., The Orientalists: Painter Travellers, [Edition en langue anglaise], Paris, ACR, 1994, pp 29–30 Émile Bernard (French, 1868–1941)Thornton, L., The Orientalists: Painter Travellers, [Edition en langue anglaise], Paris, ACR, 1994, p. 19 Louis Michel Bernard (French, 1885–1962) (Spanish, 1842–1955)Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 Online: (translated from Spanish) Hippolyte Berteaux (French, 1843–1928) Antonio Berti (Italian, 1830–1912) (French, 1838–1902) (French, 1913–1994) painter, engraver and lithographer Alexandre Bida (French, 1813–1895) Anton "Tony" Binder (Austrian, 1868–1944) painter and photographerOrientalists: postcards of the Holy Land, 1800–1935: from the collection of Yoel Amer, 2008, p. 110 Gonzalo Bilbao (Spanish, 1860–1938)Anglés, E.A., "La Visión de Marruecos a Través de la Pintura Orientalista Española, in: Imágenes Coloniales de Marruecos en España, 2007, pp 37–41 Online: (translated from Spanish) Cesare Biseo (Italian, 1843–1909) (French, 1891–1965) Norbert Bitner (Austrian, 1786–1845) Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848–1936)Ackerman, G.M., American Orientalists, ACR, 1994. pp 16–19 Alexandre Bloch (French, 1857–1919) Ludwig Blum (Israeli, 1891–1975) Viktor Alexeevich Bobrov (Russian, 1842–1918) Barbara Bodichon (French, 1827–1891) Pál Böhm (Hungarian, 1839–1905) Edmond Marie Félix de Boislecomte (French, 1849–1923) Maurice Boitel (French, 1919–2007)Oakes, J., Algeria, Bradt Travel Guides, 2008, p. 120 Maurice Bompard (French, 1857–1936)Thornton, L., The Orientalists: Painter Travellers, [Edition en langue anglaise], Paris, ACR, 1994, p. 32 Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885) Orientalist photographer Richard Parkes Bonington (British, 1802–1828) Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (French, 1833–1922)Ketner, J.D., A Gallery of Modern Art: At Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University, 1994, p. 32 (French, 1833–1901) Auguste Borget (French, 1808–1877) Vladimir Borovikovsky (Russian, 1796–1825) Carlo Bossoli (Italian, 1815–1884) Paul Louis Bouchard (French, 1853–1937)Phaidon, P.J., The Orientalists: European Painters of Eastern Scenes, 1977, p 7 and 54 (French, 1902–1965) François Boucher (French, 1703–1770) Joseph-Félix Bouchor (French, 1853–1937) William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905) Gustave Boulanger (French, 1824–1888) Lev Boure (Russian, 1877–1943)Atroschenko, O., Bulatov, V., Kouteinikova, I., Solovyeva, K. and Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, D., Russia's Unknown Orient: Orientalist Painting 1850–1920, Nai010 Publishers, 2010 John Cooke Bourne (British, 1814–1896) Lithographer Bernard Boutet de Monvel (French, 1881–1949) (French, 1893–1971) Eugen Bracht (Swiss, 1842–1921) Carlo Brancaccio (Italian, 1861–1920) Sir Frank William Brangwyn (Anglo-Welsh, 1867–1956) Yves Brayer (French, 1907–1990) (French, 1887–1971) Ferdinand Max Bredt (German, 1860–1921) Germain Fabius Brest (French, 1823–1900) Anna Richards Brewster (American, 1870–1952) Frederick Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847–1928)Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia and India, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005, pp 204–209 Édouard Brindeau de Jarny (French, 1867–1943) Florence Broadhurst (Australian, 1899–1977) Walery Brochocki (Polish, 1847–1923) André Brouillet (French, 1857–1914) George Elmer Browne (American, 1871–1946) Henriette Browne (French, 1829–1901) Karl Pavlovitch Briullov (Russian, 1799–1852) (French, 1891–1984) Frank Buchser (Swiss, 1828–1890) Francisco Bushell Laussat (Spanish, 1836–1901)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 274 (French, 1879–1958)
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Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823–1889)Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia and India, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005, pp 260–61 Umberto Cacciarelli (Italian, 1880–c.1939) (French, 1899–1985) Joaquin Capulino Jauregui (Spanish 1879–1969)Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, pp 54–55 (translated from French) Miguel Navarro Cañizares (Spanish, 1840–1913) Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, c.1465–1525/1526)