Joseph de La Nézière (1873–1944)[1] was a French painter noted for painting Orientalist scenes and for his work with the French Colonial Office and its program to reform the arts industries in colonial France.

[2] His younger brother, Georges de la Nézière was killed in action in the first World War.

La Nézière traveled extensively in North Africa and the Far East and became a well-known Orientalist artist.

[3] In around 1919, he headed a project based in Rabat, Morocco to produce some 300 Oriental rugs under the auspices of the Office des Industries d'Artes Indigenes.

Destined for sale on the French market, these rugs were sold immediately and were enormously popular.