George Stubbs

1724–1806

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Biography

George Stubbs (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 most famous painting, Whistlejacket, hangs in the National Gallery, London.

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Artworks

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George Stubbs Horse Attacked by a Lion

1769
George Stubbs Mares and Foals in a River Landscape

c.1763–8
George Stubbs Horse Frightened by a Lion

?exhibited 1763

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
George Stubbs Horse Devoured by a Lion

?exhibited 1763
George Stubbs Reapers

1785

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
George Stubbs Haymakers

1785

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art
George Stubbs A Couple of Foxhounds

1792
George Stubbs A Grey Hunter with a Groom and a Greyhound at Creswell Crags

c.1762–4

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Features

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Composition

Composition is the arrangement of elements within a work of art
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George Stubb's Reapers and Haymakers (both 1785)

Marvin Gaye Chetwynd

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The lowly weed has its day: Private view

Richard Mabey

The celebrated nature writer takes a personal tour of those lesser known pictorial heroes that feature in many works within …
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The Art of Seeing Nature: Masterpieces from Tate Britain

The Art of Seeing Nature: Masterpieces from Tate Britain was presented at Sayyid Faisal bin Ali Museum, Muscat from 30 …
Tate Papers

Stubbs, Walpole and Burke: Convulsive Imitation and ‘Truth Extorted’

Aris Sarafianos

The Sublime Object
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Tate Papers no.13: Spring 2010

Tate Papers no.13, Spring 2010 edition, featuring papers on The Sublime Object