Oil on Canvas, 20th Century Orientalist Portrait – Head Study of a North African Man by Alish (1976)

An expressive 20th entury oil portrait study on canvas board by the artist Alish, signed and dated 1976 lower right.  Painted in the Orientalist portrait tradition, the composition captures a weathered, bearded elder wearing a black headpiece with white border trim. Executed with painterly impasto strokes and rich autumnal facial tones set against a soft, atmospheric blue wash background. 24cm x 18cm within a wide period mottled gilt frame with a canvas inner slip border.