The Horses of Alfred DeDreux

A French artist, Alfred DeDreux came from a rather artistic family, his father was an architect and his younger sister was an artist as well.

Alfred appreciated the horse as a subject from the beginning of his artistic career & was well known for his equine portraits.

While he cultivated his art in France, it was the British animal painters who inspired him and some of his most celebrated portraits were produced while he was in Britain.

He became quite fashionable as a portrait artist during the mid 19th century, although he chose to concentrate on his equestrian (and dog) paintings. This is just a small selection of his prolific equine work.

Wild Horses

Wild Horses

Ride

Ride

The Hunter

The Hunter

Randjiit Sing Baadour

Randjiit Sing Baadour

Mounted Portrait of Napoleon

Mounted Portrait of Napoleon

The Mounts of Abd El Kader

The Mounts of Abd El Kader

African American holding a horse at the edge of a sea

African American holding a horse at the edge of a sea

Une Amazone Au Bois De Boulogne

 Une Amazone Au Bois De Boulogne

2 Comments on “The Horses of Alfred DeDreux

  1. Aloïse

    Lovely! If you like horse-paintings I would very much appreciate your frank comments on my personal work. Don’t spare me, I can only learn. Thank you and with warm regards, Aloïse.

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  2. kata

    Hi,
    I believe this is a portrait of Louis-Napoleon. It is not a portrait of “the” Napoleon Bonaparte.

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