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George Stubbs
George Stubbs is best known for his paintings of horses. He was born in 1724 in Liverpool, England, one of 5 children and son of a currier. He was exposed at a tender age to the slaughter of animals, and the young Stubb's would study, dissect and draw the muscles, bones and organs of these animals in his father's tannery.
He had very little formal art instruction, although at the age of 16, he briefly studied under a painter by the name of Hamlet Winstanley, who was a copyist who worked with the Lord Derby's painting collection at Knowsley Hall near Liverpool.
By the age of 20, Stubbs had moved on to dissecting and studying human anatomy at the York Medical Center, learning it well enough to teach it to the medical students there. In 1751 he learned etching techniques from a local engraver and illustrated "An Essay Towards a Complete New System of Midwifery" by Dr. John Burton.
He travelled to Italy and Rome at the age of 30, but held little interest in Italian art. He felt more artistic passion in nature, which he felt was the only source of inspiration and perfection.
He and his common law wife, Mary Spencer, had a son, George Townley Stubbs in 1756. Three years later, Stubbs moved his familiy to London. Here he became a very successful painter of animals, most especially horses. Equine sports, notably hunting, racing and breeding, were popular with the aristocratic set and with Stubbs knowledge of anatomy and great skill at painting, he was commissioned to paint many famous horses of the time. Some of his commissions included Mares and Foals, Whistlejacket and Hambletonian.
He had very little formal art instruction, although at the age of 16, he briefly studied under a painter by the name of Hamlet Winstanley, who was a copyist who worked with the Lord Derby's painting collection at Knowsley Hall near Liverpool.
By the age of 20, Stubbs had moved on to dissecting and studying human anatomy at the York Medical Center, learning it well enough to teach it to the medical students there. In 1751 he learned etching techniques from a local engraver and illustrated "An Essay Towards a Complete New System of Midwifery" by Dr. John Burton.
He travelled to Italy and Rome at the age of 30, but held little interest in Italian art. He felt more artistic passion in nature, which he felt was the only source of inspiration and perfection.
He and his common law wife, Mary Spencer, had a son, George Townley Stubbs in 1756. Three years later, Stubbs moved his familiy to London. Here he became a very successful painter of animals, most especially horses. Equine sports, notably hunting, racing and breeding, were popular with the aristocratic set and with Stubbs knowledge of anatomy and great skill at painting, he was commissioned to paint many famous horses of the time. Some of his commissions included Mares and Foals, Whistlejacket and Hambletonian.
