Biographie Till was born in 1953 in Germany. He has spent his adolescence in North Africa, where he has got a french school education. In 1973 he was beginning his study in physics at a german university. Already at school art teachers became attentive on his paintings and promoted his talent. Beside his educational way in natural science he never lost sight of his permanent education in fine arts. He has developped his own style and his own technique for his oil paintings by many studies on works of art from famous artists of the 19th century, by many visits of international museums and by intensive education in painting of portraits and nudes over several years. He exposed in Berlin and Nürnberg. The various schools from the orientalists and the memories of his younger days in North Africa are always animation for new creativity in his paintings. Marie Christine     Orientalism The paintings of 19th century enjoy a very special place between the numerous styles in fine arts. In that epoch some artists have also specialized their works on oriental subjects and with their unique style they have enriched the collections of the "orientalism". Today, many of these paintings are scattered worldwide. Most of them remain in private collections and are non- accessible for public, but however, some paintings can be admired in different museums of the world. In last decades some art lovers of the orientalism succeeded to relocate many of these paintings, to classify them into the various art schools and to publish them in art books. These poeple have done an excellent work, so especially as Lynne Thornton, Gerald M. Ackermann, Philippe Julian, Gérard-George Lemaire, and others, but also various Internet-collections. Many thanks are expressed to them, because during the inspiration phase and the artistic development the contribution of their publications had been of great value for the artist.