Jean-Pierre Lallemand (known as Charles) was born in the French department of Meuse in 1857. An engineer and inspector of mines, he spent some years in Tunisia as an official of the French Protectorate. He painted hundreds of watercolours of Tunis and its inhabitants.

Jean-Pierre Lallemand (known as Charles) was born in the French department of Meuse in 1857. An engineer and inspector of mines, he spent some years in Tunisia as an official of the French Protectorate. He painted hundreds of watercolours of Tunis and its inhabitants.

The poet Marius (Mario) Scalesi (1892–1922) was born in Tunisia to an Italian father and a Maltese mother. He attended French schools and wrote his poems in French during a short life troubled by illness and poverty. Only after his death, did his poems become known and appreciated.

Jean-Pierre Lallemand (known as Charles) was born in the French department of Meuse in 1857. An engineer and inspector of mines, he spent some years in Tunisia as an official of the French Protectorate. He painted hundreds of watercolours of Tunis and its inhabitants.

Count Amadeo Preziosi (1816–92) was born in Malta to a family that had migrated from Corsica in the 17th century. He completed his art education in Paris before settling in Istanbul in the 1840s, where he married a Greek woman.

James Robertson (1813–88) was an English photographer and engraver. In 1843, he started working as an engraver at the Imperial Ottoman Mint in Constantinople. Ten years later, he became interested in photography and set up a photographic studio with Italian–British photographer Felice Beato in Constantinople.

James Robertson (1813–88) was an English photographer and engraver. In 1843, he started working as an engraver at the Imperial Ottoman Mint in Constantinople. Ten years later, he became interested in photography and set up a photographic studio with Italian–British photographer Felice Beato in Constantinople.

Count Amadeo Preziosi (1816–92) was born in Malta to a family that had migrated from Corsica in the 17th century. He completed his art education in Paris before settling in Istanbul in the 1840s, where he married a Greek woman.

Joseph Sintes (1829–1913) was born in Menorca (one of the Balearic islands of Spain) and immigrated to Algeria with his family as a small child. He became a painter and taught at the École des beaux-arts of Algiers. He is mostly known for his paintings of Algerian landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

Joseph Sintes (1829–1913) was born in Menorca (one of the Balearic islands of Spain) and immigrated to Algeria with his family as a small child. He became a painter and taught at the École des beaux-arts of Algiers. He is mostly known for his paintings of Algerian landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

Alfred Chataud (Marseille 1833 − Algiers 1908) was already a well-established painter when he moved to Algeria for good in 1892. He had already visited the country several times, because his family owned some properties there. He contributed to the creation of the Société des Artistes Algériens and in 1904 became its vice-president.

Joseph Sintes (1829–1913) was born in Menorca (one of the Balearic islands of Spain) and immigrated to Algeria with his family as a small child. He became a painter and taught at the École des beaux-arts of Algiers. He is mostly known for his paintings of Algerian landscapes and scenes of everyday life.

Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929) was born in a village in northern Italy. He was already a painter when, in 1891, after reading E. De Amicis’s novel Costantinopoli, he and his friend Elisa (later his wife) decided to move to Istanbul, where they stayed until 1909. His paintings were highly appreciated in Turkey, and in 1896 he became the Sultan’s court painter.

Eduard Verschaffelt (1874–1955) was born in Belgium and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts of Anvers. He left Belgium because of German occupation of the country during World War I and moved to Algeria with his wife in 1919. After her death, he married an Algerian woman and lived in Algeria for the rest of his life.