The fifty stories consist of episodes, imaginary but not impossible, which present Stubbs at different moments of life, from the confidence, strivings and adventures of youth to the doubts, fears and deeper understandings of old age.
This volume features gorgeous color reporductions of paintings that highlight the painter's genius for combining realism and lyricism.
George Stubbs was marvelous English animal painter and anatomical draftsman, famous for his paintings of horses.
George Stubbs: Art, Animals & Anatomy
Catalog of an exhibition at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, from October 12, 2019-January 26, 2020; and at Mauritshuis, The Hague, from February 20-June 1, 2020