George Stubbs

Though the English artist George Stubbs (1724-1806) was once dismissed as “merely” an animal painter, his familiar subjects–racehorses, lions, and scenes of gentlemanly hunting and shooting–are highly popular today. This detailed study of Stubbss work reaffirms his importance and reveals him to be a progressive artist whose concerns with both scientific discovery and art history set him at odds with the artistic establishment of his day.