German, 19th – 20th century, male. Born 1860, in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland); died 1924. Painter. Genre scenes. Orientalism. Albert Josef Franke studied at the academies in Breslau and Munich. He travelled extensively in North Africa in 1887 and painted some lively compositions, capturing the architecture, costumes and everyday objects of the region in meticulous detail....