Nasreddine Dinet
Nasreddine Dinet | |
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Nasreddine Dinet, Self Portrait (1891), Musée Nasreddine Dinet à Bou-Sâada | |
| Born | Alphonse-Étienne Dinet 28 March 1861 |
| Died | 24 December 1929 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Lycée Henry IV; Académie Julian; École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | painting, translating Arabic literature |
| Movement | Orientalist themes |
Nasreddine Dinet (born as Alphonse-Étienne Dinet on 28 March 1861 – 24 December 1929, Paris) was a French orientalist painter and was one of the founders of the Société des Peintres Orientalistes Society for French Orientalist Painters. He became so enchanted with Algeria and its culture, that he converted to Islam, and was proficient in Arabic. In addition to his paintings, he translated Arabic literature into French.