▁ ▁Visual ▁arts ▁▁ 1 9 1 0 : ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁prec urs ors ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁artists ▁mainly ▁recuper ated ▁models ▁and ▁patterns ▁imported   – ▁or ▁im posed   – ▁by ▁an ▁imperial ist ▁French ▁power . ▁ ▁As ▁Edward ▁Sa id ▁argued ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Oriental ism ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁Al ger ian ▁artists ▁strugg led ▁with ▁the ▁per ception ▁and ▁representations ▁of ▁Western ers . ▁Al most ▁a ▁century ▁after ▁the ▁con quest ▁by ▁the ▁French , ▁Az ou a ou ▁Mam mer i ▁( 1 8 8 6 – 1 9 5 4 ), ▁Ab del hal im ▁Hem che ▁( 1 9 0 6 – 1 9 7 8 ), ▁Moh ammed ▁Z mir li ▁( 1 9 0 9 - 1 9 8 4 ), ▁and ▁Mil oud ▁Bou ker che ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 1 9 7 9 ) ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁introduce ▁eas el ▁painting . ▁They ▁benef ited ▁from ▁" bre aches " ▁in ▁the ▁educational ▁system ▁and ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁training ▁in ▁pl astic ▁arts . ▁Even ▁though ▁they ▁attempted ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁Al ger ians ' ▁every day ▁routine , ▁they ▁were ▁still ▁to ▁a ▁certain ▁extent ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁the ▁orient al ism ▁movement . ▁ ▁The ▁tradition ▁of ▁orient al ▁ill um ination ▁and ▁mini ature ▁was ▁introduced ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁period , ▁through ▁artists ▁such