Sporting Arts

Rockwell's April-Fool cover for the 1945 Saturday Evening Post has 50 "mistakes."

A Break in the Clouds with Norman Rockwell

The last time I spent time with Norman Rockwell’s work was the year O.J. Simpson…
rhinocerus
Albrecht Dürer's 1515 woodcut, The Rhinocerus, was based on a written description of the greater one-horned rhinoceros.

Contemplating Dürer’s Indian Rhinoceros

In what seems an impossible journey now, in 2017 we travelled down the Brahmaputra River…
steeplechase horse
"A Steeplechase at Market Harborough, Leicestershire:  Bad Fall at Paling Fence" Photo: David Stover © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Last Chance for the “Thrill of the ’Chace”

The National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Virginia, has extended its two-floor exhibition on…
frank benson

An Important New Book on Frank Benson

I first heard about Benson-aficionado John R. Lewis at Pebble Hill Plantation in Thomasville, Georgia,…
Endless Flats
"Endless Flats"

Catching Up with Eldridge Hardie

I can’t believe a decade has flown by since I first wrote about Eldridge Hardie…
Peggy Watkins, "Honey In The Sun," oil, 12” x 16”, 2005

Sportsman’s Gallery Artists in Residence

Michael Paderewski has invited two “dog artists” as his Artists in Residence – Julie Jeppsen…
Adriano Manocchia colors
Colors

Catching Up with Adriano Manocchia

Brooke Chilvers, Sporting Art Columnist for Gray’s magazine, reached out to several of her favorite…

Eldridge Hardie

Texas born artist Eldridge Hardie received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from…