This week’s two blog posts are going to be on two of the longest running poster series at two prestigious horse events! This Saturday,August 23rd will be the 145th running of the Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Track in Saratoga , NY, USA. The Travers Stakes Posters are all done…
Category: Artists
Beth Munnings-Winter ~
Today’s artist is Beth Munnings-Winter, a relative of Sir Alfred Munnings!! I am a big fan of his excellent work and was so excited to find Beth!! She does such stunning work too! I contacted her and just heard back from her today. This is part of what what she said in her reply back…
Sir Alfred Munnings~
Sir Alfred Munnings 1878-1959 Mendham, Suffolk Alfred Munnings was born into a miller’s family at Mendham,Suffolk, on October 8th, 1878. At fourteen he was apprenticed to a Norwich printer, designing and drawing advertising posters over six years. In his spare time he attended the Norwich School of Art. When his term of apprenticeship was up, he threw…
Recycled Technology Horse Sculptures ~
For today’s post, we are going to to look (and get inspired!) at some cool “recycled technology” horse sculptures. Computer keys, or cellphones, anyone?! Horse Statue Made Out of Over 3000 Smartphones!!! Standing at 5.7 meters tall and made of 3,500 Smartphones, Huawei Pegasus took 720 man hours to build. The Chinese handset…
Charles M. Russell~
Charles M. Russell 1864- 1926 Great Falls, Montana Charles “Kid” Russel, as his friends would call him, is a renowned western artist that lived 1864- 1926. He was the first “Western artist” to actually live and work in the west. Just a few days ago on July 27th, the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction auctioned…
Wesley Dennis~
Since Pony Penning Day is tomorrow, July 30th , I thought I would post about Wesley Dennis. He illustrated all of my favorite Misty Of Chincoteague books! Here’s what I found out about him~ Wesley Dennis 1903-1966 Born in: Cape Cod, Massachusetts ,USA Wesley Dennis was born in 1903-more than 100 year’s ago! His art captures the…
Side Saddle
Mrs. Francis Garvan on her hunter Alert My Post for this Tuesday will feature paintings and photography on side saddle. Today starts the Camp Leaping Horn side saddle clinic and show at the USET Headquarters in Gladstone ,NJ USA. For several years I have helped out at the show and also helped groom for a friend…
Lionel Edwards – Master of The Sporting Scene~
Lionel Edwards 1878-1966 Britain Lionel Edwards is an equine artist best known for his fabulous hunt scenes. Lionel Edwards grew up in Benarth, Conway, North Wales and was the son of a doctor. His future seemed to be the army, but soon realized that that his talent did not go in that…
Sam Savitt ~
Sam Savitt~ 1917-2000 Born In: Wilkes-Barre, PA Sam Savitt would some times be asked , what do you want to be when you grow up? He would reply, “I want to be a horse”. And so, he did the next best thing: he captured the beauty of horses in his art~ Unknown~ …
Blue, Blue and MORE Blue!!~
Many People have heard of Franz Marc’s Blue Horse Paintings-so I’m going to start my BLUE blog post off with him! Franz Marc 1880-1916 Born in Munich Bavaria , Germany – Died in War, In Braquis, France My favorite abstract artist is Franz Marc. He was born in in 1880 Germany. In 1900, he…
Art Of The Horse 