By Graham Budd - Published by Philip Wilson Publishers Limited - 1997Hardback - 192 pages - 265mm x 265mm
60 Colour + 210 Black & White Illustrations
This highly illustrated collection of horse racing in art will delight racing enthusiasts, art collectors and horse lovers worldwide. The book includes racing paintings, watercolours, prints and sculptures as well as racing trophies, commemorative works of art and memorabilia, which together provide a vivid iconography of the sport.
All the major exponents of racing art are represented: included are paintings by George Stubbs, John Wootton, John Frederick Herring Snr. and Sir Alfred Munnings from England; Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet and Jean Dufy from France; Edward Troye, Frankllin B Voss, Vaugh Flannery and Richard Stone Reeves from the USA; Frederick Woodhouse Snr. and Martin Stainforth from Australia. Many unpublished paintings from private collections are reproduced here for the first time. The accompanying text provides a history of the origins and development of racing art from the eighteenth century to the present day.