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George Stubbs
George Stubbs ARA (25 August 1724 – 10 July 1806) was an
English painter, best known for his paintings of horses. Self-trained, Stubbs learnt his skills independently from other great
artists of the eighteenth century such as Reynolds or
Gainsborough. Stubbs' output includes history paintings, but his
greatest skill was in painting animals, perhaps influenced by his
love and study of anatomy.
His series of painting on the theme of
a lion attacking a horse are early and significant examples of the
Romantic movement that emerged in the late 18th century. His
painting, Whistlejacket, hangs in the National Gallery, London.
Biography
A lion attacking a horse
Legacy
Gallery
Horses
Dogs
Exotic wildlife
List of selected artworks
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Stubbs was born in Liverpool, the son of a currier, or leather-dresser, John Stubbs, and his wife
Mary.[1] Information on his life until the age of 35 or so is sparse, relying almost entirely on notes
made by Ozias Humphry, a fellow artist and friend; Humphry's informal memoir, which was not
intended for publication, was based on a series of private conversations he had with Stubbs around
1794, when Stubbs was 70 years old, and Humphry 52.[1]
Stubbs worked at his father's trade until the age of 15 or 16, at which point he told his father that he
wished to become a painter.[2][3] While initially resistant, Stubbs's father (who died not long after in
1741), eventually acquiesced in his son's choice of a career path, on the condition that he could find an
appropriate mentor.[3] Stubbs subsequently approached the Lancashire painter and engraver Hamlet
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The Milbanke and Melbourne Families (ca.
1769), oil on canvas, 97 x 149 cm., National
Gallery
Whistlejacket (ca. 1762), oil
on canvas, 292 x 246.4 cm.,
National Gallery
Winstanley, and was briefly engaged by him in a sort
of apprenticeship relationship, probably not more
than several weeks in duration.[4]
