Orientalism was the fashion for paintings of Middle Eastern and North African subjects that followed Western Europe's growing colonial and political power in those regions in the nineteenth century. The approach of artists and patrons varied from the sensitivity of Eugène Delacroix and John Frederick Lewis to the frequent eroticism of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Frederick Goodall and many more minor artists.
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Artworks
A Sleeping OdalisqueJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Soldier of the Guard of a VizierAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860)
The Wallace Collection
The Punishment of the HooksAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860)
The Wallace Collection
Lilium AuratumJohn Frederick Lewis (1804–1876)
Birmingham Museums Trust
Indoor Gossip, CairoJohn Frederick Lewis (1804–1876)
The Whitworth
The Watering PlaceAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803–1860)
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Study for 'The Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch's House in Cairo'John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876)