Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner's watercolor captures a North African coastal city rendered in the Orientalist tradition popular among late-19th-century American and European artists. The composition presents a whitewashed hillside settlement dominated by a mosque and fortress, with the Mediterranean visible beyond. Brunner employs atmospheric perspective and luminous color to convey the region's landscape. The foreground includes local figures and vegetation. This travel sketch reflects the artistic conventions of the period, when American artists sought picturesque subjects in North Africa and the Mediterranean.