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On Safari with Wilhelm Kuhnert in Middleburg, Virginia
If only I had known that, in the dead of winter 2018/2019, there was a…
Carl Rungius, One of the “Big Four,” at the NSLM, Middleburg, Virginia
More than a dozen years ago, I was on the trail of the German-born American…
The Ever-Disappearing Roy M. Mason
I can think of no sadder words for an artist, whether living or dead, in…
The Unsinkable Rosa Bonheur
French animalier artist and sculptress Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) is not the only world-famous artist who…
When Rosa Bonheur Met Buffalo Bill
That Picasso and Matisse knew each other, were even friends and often rivals, seems plausible…
David Shepherd: And There Were Also Trains
Artist David Shepherd (1931–2017) once said that he was attracted to all things “jumbo,” from…
David Shepherd: Before Elephants, There Were Aircraft
David Shepherd’s is a well-rehearsed life in its telling. The same tales oft repeated and…
Barye Bronzes to Visit the NSL&M in Middleburg, Virginia
by Brooke Chilvers I wish I could say the larger-than-life lions in front of Manhattan’s…
William Secord and Dogs in Art
Finally, it’s happening. We are getting out of town in winter to go birdwatching in…
Abaco Colors, Abaco Light
So when my childhood pal, Myron, said his favorite place in Paradise was a three-mile-long…
Stubbs & Gilpin – This Time, on Dogs
Thank goodness so many 18th century portraits of beloved thoroughbreds and hunting dogs are adequately…
Sawrey Gilpin
It’s likely you have a greater inkling of British equine horse artist George Stubbs (1724–1806)…Gray's Sporting Properties
