The exotic quality of this painting of Arab horsemen appeals quickly to
one’s love of travel and romance—the great extent of the untamed
surroundings, the quivering refinement of the horses, the bizarre
barbarity of the costumes and accoutrements, the fascination of these
fierce handsome Arab faces, the rich color of the whole! Schreyer was the
German reflection of the French Orientalist-romanticists, Delacroix and
Decamps, although his less fiery spirit is perhaps closer to his refined
contemporary Fromentin.—Given in memory of Mrs. Thomas Lowry.
[Mountain Village. Paul Crodel, 1862-]