Sotheby's Shares The Visionary Delights of Orientalist Art

Orientalist art transports and immerses the viewer into a place in time. 100 and more years after it was painted, it beguiles us even now. Sotheby’s upcoming Orientalist sale, which includes works from the celebrated Najd Collection, features fascinating landscapes from John Lavery’s depictions of Tangier to Edward Lear’s view of The Pyramids Road, Gizeh. As well as stunning scenery, artists captured the lives of water sellers, musicians, and soldiers, providing valuable documentary evidence of how the Orient looked at a time when the region was still an elusive dream to many.