Philip Zilcken

Charles Louis Philippe Zilcken, generally known as Philip (20 April 1857 – 3 October 1930), was a Dutch painter, etcher, and writer.

The following year, he made his first trip to North Africa, visiting Algeria, and produced a series of Orientalist paintings.

He also produced a travel book, Three Months in Algiers, with an introduction by Lodewijk van Deyssel, who would later become a popular author.

In addition to the Dutch artists' organizations, Arti et Amicitiae, the Haagse Kunstkring and the Pulchri Studio, he was a member of the French Société des Peintres Orientalistes.

In 1928, he wrote Memories of a Dutch Painter of the Nineteenth Century, recalling highlights of his life, such as his Orientalist period and his acquaintance with Edmond de Goncourt, who mentions him in his diaries.