John Ferneley was an English painter during the early 19th century who specialized in scenes with hunters and sporting horses. His work shows hunting during a time when it was en vogue and he soon became sought after as an equestrian artist.
Conveying Motion
Ferneley became well known for creating panoramic paintings that show a sequence of events and was known to collaborate with Sir Frances Grant who traded him help painting characters for help painting horses.
Ferneley signed his work with a pin head while the paint was wet – hiding his name in a fence or a barn door.
Study of a Saddled Bay Hunter
A Chestnut Hunter in a Landscape
Portrait of George Payne of Sulby on His Chestnut Hunter
Lord Henry Bentinck’s Chestnut Hunter ‘Firebird’
A Bay Hunter In A Loose Box
A Saddled Bay Hunter In A Stableyard
Marvel KingFisher And The Lad – Three Hunters Belonging To William Angerstein
Sir John Thorold’s Bay Hunters With Their Groom In A Stable
The Marriott Family
He sure likes to paint hunters! (Stunning by the way.)
I can’t find his name anywhere! Great paintings.