Artist · 6 prints
Adolf Schreyer Prints
About Adolf Schreyer
Christian Adolf Schreyer was a German painter, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1828; he died at Kronberg im Taunus in 1899. He trained at the Städel Institute in Frankfurt and in Düsseldorf. He followed the Crimean War as an artist in the mid-1850s, then travelled to Egypt and Syria, where he learned Arabic, and to Algeria in 1861. He lived in Paris from 1862 until the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, and then returned to Germany.
Schreyer is best known for paintings of horses and horsemen, above all Arab riders in desert settings, as well as battle scenes. Paris critics compared his Arab subjects with those of Eugène Delacroix and Eugène Fromentin. Key works include Arabs Resting by a Marble Fountain (1856), held by the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, and Arabs in Egypt, Sunrise (1867), at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds Arabs on the March, and the Dahesh Museum of Art also owns his work.
Adolf Schreyer prints: reproductions of the German painter's scenes of horses and horsemen in North Africa and Eastern Europe. Works in the collection include Arabs Resting by a Marble Fountain (1856), Arabische Reiter (1860), The Standard Bearer, The Pursuit, The Stampede and A Troika Pursued by Wolves.
Our selection is built around horses in motion: Arab riders at the gallop, a standard bearer, a stampede, and a sleigh chased through snow by wolves, with one quiet scene of riders resting at a fountain. The paintings use loose brushwork, dust and sky in greys and ochres, and white and chestnut horses.
The riding and chase scenes suit studies, offices, hallways and dens. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
