Sporting Arts

Horse Surprised by a Lion, ca. 1850

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…
The kings derived power from wearing jaguar pelts.

Mayan Jaguar Kings – divided we fall…

With all I’ve learned in life, it seems I never knew that by the time…
Dog Painting (1840–1940), a social history of the dog in art.

William Secord and Dogs in Art

Finally, it’s happening.  We are getting out of town in winter to go birdwatching in…
"Scaffold Creek," study in oil, C.D. Clarke

Abaco Colors, Abaco Light

So when my childhood pal, Myron, said his favorite place in Paradise was a three-mile-long…
Two Greyhounds and a Mastiff belonging to the Duke of Hamilton, Sawrey Gilpin
Two Greyhounds and a Mastiff belonging to the Duke of Hamilton, Sawrey Gilpin

Stubbs & Gilpin – This Time, on Dogs

Thank goodness so many 18th century portraits of beloved thoroughbreds and hunting dogs are adequately…
Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin

It’s likely you have a greater inkling of British equine horse artist George Stubbs (1724–1806)…
John Swan, "Rangeley Boat"

John Swan

John Swan’s art often pays tribute to the world’s most beautiful fishing landscapes, from the…
Canvasbacks
Canvasbacks

Rediscovering Francis Lee Jaques:  Part I

I knew nothing of museum artist, illustrator, and painter Francis Lee Jaques (1887–1969).  It was…
Bison: Jaques illustrated his wife’s book, "Snowshoe Country."

Francis Lee Jaques in Black & White: Part II

Few artists can create a landscape not only on the flat surface of the canvas,…
Hold Hare: Hello! My good man! How much for your hare? Four francs? I will give you five francs, but hold it up like that so I can shoot it.”

Honoré Daumier on Anglers and Huntsmen

For reasons I will never quite understand, my charming 26-year-old Florida niece set her heart…
"Growling Lions" is one of 500 Kuhnert paintings of lion.

In Love Again, with Kuhnert

Each time we return to Tanzania – from 1994, when we were tasked with building…
A Delft boar’s head terrine from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Terrines, Tureens, and Strasbourg

Over the years, I accumulated an indecent number of game-themed lidded earthenware pots, also called…