Wyniki wyszukiwania:

George Stubbs (1724-1806), now recognized as one of the greatest and most original artists of the eighteenth century, stands out from other practitioners in the field of animal painting. His most frequent commissions were for paintings of horses, dogs, and wild animals, and his images invariably arrest attention and frequently strike a deeply poetic note.

Stubbs did not emerge as a painter until he was in his mid-thirties, but then his genius flowered astonishingly. He steadily celebrates English sporting and country life and reveals himself--in his "incidental" portraits of jockeys and...

The National Gallery's collection of British paintings is small, but contains some of the most famous and best-loved paintings in the country. This readable catalogue includes the results of fresh examination of each work by the Gallery's Conservation and Scientific Departments.