Eric M. Lee, director, Kimbell Art Museum
In this lecture, Eric Lee will discuss "Mares and Foals Belonging to the 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke" and how the painting recently entered the Kimbell’s collection. The work is one of a group of innovative canvases Stubbs made on the "Mares and Foals" theme in the 1760s and ‘70s. The paintings, showing the horses in frieze-like formats, have become, along with "Whistlejacket" in the National Gallery, London, among the artist’s most admired works. In contrast to pictures of prized racehorses and their jockeys, the "Mares and Foals" paintings gave glimpses of the behind-the-scenes, back-to-nature life of the stud farm, even while depicting individualized horses that belonged to the men who commissioned the paintings.
Evening lectures by distinguished guest speakers address a range of topics relating to the appreciation and interpretation of art. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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