Comments on: The Horses of George Stubbs

By: Mandy Lovell

Mandy Lovell — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:06:14 +0000

Where is the original bay horse and white dog painting please?

By: JHM

JHM — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:45:29 +0000

I also wondered about how different George Stubbs horses looked from today, but on searching photos from the 1800’s he was spot on. Our horses look nothing like the old breeds. Much stockier and smaller. He’s one of the greatest equine painters.

By: Johne

Johne — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:02:34 +0000

Weird that he paints such strange heads, but Whistlejacket in person is just breathtaking. A must see in the National Gallery.

By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 23:00:33 +0000

I have a painting he did of a black horse and I don’t know the name of it. Do you by any chance know?

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:33:16 +0000

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE HORSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m doing a project on Stubbs and he does really good paintings!

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:11:02 +0000

I love the compositions of some, like the white dog and bay horse, with the reverse coloured backgrounds to show off the subjects. I know George Stubbs was so passionate about painting his subjects correctly that he used to dissect carthorses to study their anatomy. That presumably came after the painting of Lurcher.

But it raises more questions, because – dare-I-say-it – his horses are still not really lifelike. I admire his work – Whistlejacket is my avatar on facebook – but I’ve found myself thinking this many times.

By: Samatha Pure

Samatha Pure — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:01:06 +0000

In reply to Faye Marden.

I love Horses soooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t Like the horse being attacked by a lion either 🙁