Christian Adolf Schreyer
Arab Horseman
1859-1869
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Unframed: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (31.8 x 23.5 cm.)
Framed: 17 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 2 in. (45.4 x 35.9 x 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.247
Schreyer, born in Frankfurt, Germany, attracted a large international
following with his evocative images of Arab subjects, subdued farm
scenes, and the occasional battle painting. After extensive travel in
Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, he settled in Paris
in 1862 where he became associated with the exotic romanticism
advocated by the Orientalist artists. With the outbreak of the Franco-
Prussian War in 1870, he returned to Germany, settling in Kronberg
where he continued to produce compositions set in Eastern Europe
and North Africa for a growing clientele.
Although Schreyer’s biographers do not indicate that he went back
to France, entries in Lucas’s Diary through the early 1890s record
regular visits to the artist’s Paris studio.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #223.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12- February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941, p. 46.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 11, 1965, cat. #249.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974, cat. #249.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection," July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880," August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents: Baltimore's George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Modern Painting Isms and How They Grew", January 12- February 11, 1940.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840 - 1940", June 6-September 1, 1941, p. 46.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 11, 1965, cat. #249.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nineteenth Century European Painting", June 24-September 7, 1969.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Lucas Collection", June 27-Fall 1974, cat. #249.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery, "Selections from the Lucas Collection," July 21-August 22, 1975.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, "Orientalism: The Near East in French Painting, 1820-1880," August 27-October 17, 1982; circ. to Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, November 4-December 23, 1982.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Parallels and Precedents: Baltimore's George A. Lucas Collection in Context", August 23-October 15, 1995.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: FACE: BR, 'Ad. Schreyer'; BL, 'Schreyer'. VERSO, FRAME: UC, (label), 'BMA cat./1965/250 (50 crossed out)'; UR, BMA, label; RE sideways, (black paint), '223-1'. VERSO, PAINTING: UR corner, (in blue), 'V'; C, (masking tape, ink), '223'
