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Stubbs and the Horse Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)

Stubbs and the Horse By Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)

Stubbs and the Horse by Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)


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A versatile genius whose oeuvre includes paintings, engravings and detailed anatomical studies, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was fascinated by horses. This handsome book presents for the first time the wide range of his equine imagery, from refined portraits of racehorses to violent scenes of horses attacked by lions in the wild.

Stubbs and the Horse Summary

Stubbs and the Horse by Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)

A versatile genius whose oeuvre includes paintings, engravings, and detailed anatomical studies, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was fascinated by horses. This handsome book presents for the first time the wide range of his equine imagery, from refined portraits of racehorses to violent scenes of horses attacked by lions in the wild. Taking full account of the associations and status of the noble horse in eighteenth-century Britain and the colourful world of its devotees - both high and low - the authors examine Stubbs's work from different points of view and offer many fresh interpretations. Malcolm Warner discusses how horses were regarded in Britain in Stubbs's time, the unexpected connection between his horse-and-lion compositions and the creation of the English thoroughbred, and his classicism. Robin Blake examines the young Whig noblemen who were Stubbs's first patrons, the grooms, jockeys, trainers, and other attendants who appear in his horse portraits, and his curious dealings with the Prince of Wales. The book also includes an essay by conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers on Stubbs's experiments with wax and enamel. For admirers of Stubbs's art, eighteenth-century English painting, and horses, this book is an essential addition to their bookshelves. Stubbs and the Horse is the catalogue for the first major exhibition on the artist in more than twenty years. It is on view at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (November 14, 2004, to February 6, 2005); the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (March 13 to May 29, 2005); and the National Gallery, London (June 29 to September 25, 2005).

About Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)

Malcolm Warner, Senior Curator at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, is the author of several books, including The Victorians: British Painting, 1837-1901 and Millais: Portraits; Robin Blake is an independent scholar based in London and is the author of a forthcoming biography on Stubbs; Lance Mayer and Gay Myers are consulting conservators based at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut.

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GOR004380003
9780300104721
0300104723
Stubbs and the Horse by Malcolm Warner (Senior Curator, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Yale University Press
20041011
256
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