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.