ARABIAN HORSE RIDER — Oil on canvas, Antonio Palmiéri

Painted in 1946 by Antonio Palmiéri (signed lower left), this oil painting entitled ‘Arabian Horseman’ is a remarkable equestrian work of art that captures all the power and elegance of a traditional scene in a vibrant expressionist style. Executed with a generous impasto and texture skilfully sculpted with a palette knife or brush, the canvas depicts a horseman clad in an immaculate white tunic and a turban, sitting proudly astride his mount, which is rendered in warm shades of ochre, brown and orange. The striking contrast between the warm tones of the horse, the sandy yellow of the ground and the purity of a luminous blue sky lends this mid-20th-century Orientalist scene a captivating dynamism, making it ideal for enriching a collection of modern art, expressive figurative art or equestrian-themed works.