Otto Pilny, Swiss, 1866 to 1936, an oriental city scape depicting a street scene with a market place at the Kai Bey Mosque in Cairo, circa 1900. Housed in an old wooden frame with an attached metal name plate inscribed: Otto Pilny. The Swiss Orient painter Otto Pilny was a court painter to the Viceroy of Egypt. He studied first in Prague and then lived for a time in Vienna before settling in Zurich. In 1875, he traveled for the first time to Egypt and remained there for two years. The Orient was henceforth to be the main source of his painting. He harbored a special interest for the customs of the Bedouins. From 1889 until 1892, he traveled a second time to Egypt. There the Egyptian King, Abbas II, was pleased with his paintings and commissioned him to decorate the Medjidije. One of a kind artwork. European Fine Art, Oriental Paintings And Wall Decor Collectibles.