21 Works, June 28th. is Otto Pilny’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #175

Henry Zaidan
Jul 25, 2021

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Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866–1936)
Rest in the desert

Oil on canvas
I have no further description, at this time

Otto Pilny (28 June 1866–22 July 1936) was a Swiss painter who specialized in Orientalist genre scenes.

Some of the first nineteenth-century Orientalist paintings were intended as propaganda in support of French imperialism, depicting the East as a place of backwardness, lawlessness, or barbarism enlightened and tamed by French rule…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

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In my Blog is an Online collection of significant paintings from the 1st century to today; complete with art-history and artist bibliographies.

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