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John Skeaping

1901–1980

Akua-Ba 1931
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Biography

John Rattenbury Skeaping, RA (9 June 1901 – 5 March 1980) was an English sculptor and equine painter and sculptor. He designed animal figures for Wedgwood, and his life-size statue of Secretariat is exhibited at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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  • Blood Horse

    John Skeaping
    1929
  • Horse

    John Skeaping
    exhibited 1934
  • Mare and Foal

    John Skeaping
    1945
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  • Buffalo

    John Skeaping
    1930
  • Burmese Dancer

    John Skeaping
    1928
  • Fish

    John Skeaping
    1929–30
  • Akua-Ba

    John Skeaping
    1931

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