Lot 232
Adolf Schreyer (France/Germany, 1828-1899), "Cossack and Sleigh", oil on canvas, monogrammed lower right, extensive provenance labels en verso, 10 3/4 in. x 18 3/4 in., framed Provenance: Estate of Artist to Harold Winter; to New York Estate; to present owner. Note: Christian Adolf Schreyer was born in Frankfurt-am-Main and studied at the noted Stadel Institute at Stuttgart and Munich, becoming an accomplished artist while following Prince Thurn and Taxis and later the Austrian army through Europe honing his skills as a military artist. He traveled widely through Africa, settling in Paris and became well known for his depictions of battle scenes and equestrian pictures. In the above lot, Schreyer's mastery of the expression of force and beauty in his equestrian work comes through vividly. While much of Schreyer's work was produced on a large canvas with much landscape work, inthis picture he focuses tightly on the Cossack driving his troika of horses through the snow. Schreyer had traveled to Russia during the Crimean War as a correspondent and studied equine anatomy, knowledge he transferred to...
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