Fortified Castle Jalal Gharbi 1970 Oil on Canvas, signed lower left 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm) An oil painting of a fortified Middle Eastern Castle by Jalal Gharbi (1920-2005) who was a prolific painter of both Middle Eastern life and American Western scenes. The Tunisian-born artist, who spent his formative years between Paris and his homeland, moved to the USA in the 1950's.