Genre
Desert
The desert is landscape reduced to its essentials: light, heat, and distance. For the Orientalist painters it was an exotic stage; at its best the desert scene strips away everything incidental, leaving the human figure small against an expanse that offers no shelter and no shade.
Key artists
Works
Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron
Arab in the desert
Sultan’s white camel, sketch
The Dead Sea. From the journey to Palestine
Oasis
Arabs on the March
Nile Journey, No. 20
Camel
Arabe du désert (Desert Arab)
The Questioner of the Sphinx
Kamelin luuranko
A caravan with camels resting at an oasis in the desert.
Sphinx & Great Pyramid
II Too Good To Last
Mirage
Start I
Camels, West Thebes, Egypt
Too good to last. II.
A Turkish lady in Walking Dress
III Deserted
Female Riding Camel
The Start. I.
The Hadji's Grave
IV The Last of Him
Tomb Near Old Helwan
Baggage Camel
Study for 'A Halt in the Desert'
Deserted. III
Morning
Colossal Head of the Sphinx of Giza
Bedouine ou Femme Arabe
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Η ζωή στην Αράλη
The Sphinx
Untitled
Arab of the Desert
Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: Group of Nubians-Wady Kardasey
H Beard Print Collection
Untitled
Frequently asked questions
What is Desert?
Desert is a setting in painting. The desert is landscape reduced to its essentials: light, heat, and distance.
How many Desert works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 39 public-domain Desert works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Desert artists?
Key Desert artists in the collection include Jean Léon Gérôme, Baron de Coubertin Charles Louis de Frédy and Théodore Frère.