Adolf Schreyer (1828-1899)

"Arab Horsemen"

Signed

Oil on canvas,

53 x 86 cm.

Adolf Schreyer is best known for his dramatic depictions of Arabian life. Like Georges Washington and Eugene Fromentin, he specialised in equestrian scenes; often portraying mounted nomads either resting under trees or, as here, ready for conflict. He was born in Frankfurt, where he became a pupil the city's Staedel Institute before attending the Düsseldorf Akademie. He was commissioned as an artist to follow the Crimean War, after which he toured France and North Africa before returning to Frankfurt in 1871.