Orientalist

Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa was born in Barcelona in 1854, the son of a drawing teacher. Costa was talented at drawing and his father began to tutor him. He spent some time in the studio of the sculptor Aleu i Teixidor and began to study sculpture at the Saint...

Deutsch’s artistic career began in Vienna in 1872, when he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. He studied with Karl Meyer and, possibly, the history painter Anselm Feuerbach, between 1875 and 1877. The following year, Deutsch arrived in Paris – the centre for both academic and Orientalist studies at the...

Ralli was a Greek painter, watercolourist and draughtsman, who spent most of his working life in Paris, France and in Egypt. He painted genre works, portraits, local figures, architectural subjects, interiors with figures and animals. He is best known for his orientalist paintings. He was sent to Paris under the...

Charles-Theodore Frere was born in Paris in 1814, as the son of a music publisher and the older brother of genre painter Pierre-Edouard Frere. Charles-Theodore studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Camille Roqueplan and Leon Cogniet, and after his studies, embarked upon a tour of Alsace, Normandy and Auvergne...

Goodall was born in London in 1822 as the son of a steel line engraver who had crucial connections with acclaimed artists such as Turner, Ruskin, Pugin and David Roberts. He was educated at the Wellington Road Academy, before leaving school to learn oil painting with his father at St...

Jean Francois Portaels - sometimes known as Jan Frans Portaels - was born near Brussels in 1818, the son of a rich brewer who later became the Mayor of Vilvoorde. He was sent to study at the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1836, studying under the neo-classical painter Francois-Joseph Navez. Navez...