Stubbs

Marking the bicentenary of the death of George Stubbs (1724–1806), this special display will bring together a group of his very greatest works, showing the quality and range of his output as a painter of animals, of rural life, and portraits. Long admired for his paintings of horses, Stubbs art reflects an age of innovation and change in British culture. The selection will draw attention to his treatment of 'exotic' animals, imported from abroad, his precise approach to portraiture, his technical daring, and his production of a powerful and enduring image of the British countryside. Alongside paintings on canvas and panel, the display will includes works in enamel, on Wedgwood plaques - the result of a unique collaboration between the painter and the potter.

The display will comprise around thirty works, drawn from the exceptional collections of the Tate and the National Museums Liverpool, with further, important loans from a number of public and private collections. The Tate and the National Museums Liverpool are the two greatest British collections of this artist's work, and the display has been made possible by the close collaboration between these two institutions, and the Frick Collection, New York, where the show travels in 2007.

Exhibiting at:

• Walker, Liverpool (7 April – 30 July 2006)
• Tate Britain (21 August 2006 –14 January 2007)
• Frick Collection, New York (14 February – 27 May 2007 )