Arab calligraphy, mosque courtyards, desert caravans, souks and Nile-side light — the nineteenth-century Orientalist painters who travelled to Egypt, Syria and Turkey, and the anonymous calligraphers whose work survives in manuscripts and on tilework.
We paint from public-domain sources only. Our Middle Eastern and Islamic collection concentrates on calligraphy, architecture, landscape and daily life; we do not produce figurative depictions of prophets. If you would like a specific verse, name or dedication, send us the text and our calligrapher will set it for you.
A Greek Beauty
Emile Vernet Lecomte
Painted to order
A Spanish Sunday, Going to the Bullfight
Arthur Melville
Painted to order
An Arab Interior
Arthur Melville
Painted to order
Assis femme africaine
Henri Regnault
Painted to order
Automedon with the Horses of Achilles
Henri Regnault
Painted to order
Beni Suef on the Nile
Prosper Marilhat
Painted to order
Benjaminconstant judith
Benjamin Constant
Painted to order
Carmen
Emile Wauters
Painted to order
Charge of the Arab Horsemen
Georges Washington
Painted to order
Christmas Eve, 'And There Was No Room for Them in the Inn'
Arthur Melville
Painted to order
Coupdevent
Lecomte Du Nouy
Painted to order
Cranmer at Traitor's Gate
Frederick Goodall
Painted to order
Crossing the Wadi
Georges Washington
Painted to order
Debat Ponsan visite au sculpteur
Edouard Debat Ponsan
Painted to order
Elegant lady in a silk dress
Emile Wauters
Painted to order
Every canvas is painted to order in Dafen Oil Painting Village, Shenzhen — real oil on canvas, no printing and no giclée. Choose a size and a frame, and we quote it on WhatsApp before anything starts. A 50% deposit begins the work; the 50% balance is due after you approve photos of the finished painting. Import duties and taxes are the buyer's responsibility under DAP terms.
Image credits: the reference images on this site come from Wikimedia Commons. Most are reproductions of works in the public domain; a few are used under a Creative Commons licence. Open any painting to see its author attribution, licence and a link to the original source file.
A working studio inside Dafen Oil Painting Village, Shenzhen — since 2016. Every line below runs through the same floor and the same WhatsApp number.