George Stubbs Painting and the Yale Center for British Art

I was lucky to visit the Yale Center for British Art

last week where several George Stubbs paintings reside.

I was interested in Stubbs painting Turf, with Jockey Up, at Newmarket. (This is just a small detail )
The painting is larger than I had imagined 38" x 49".

Stubbs was known for his masterful depiction of horses

but the posture and the face of the jockey is

just as intriguing to me. So full of character, wistful and

distant.

Equine Fine Artist George Stubbs

Detail of
photo credit © Karen F. Rose
Louvre Museum

As an artist who paints horses, I always love to learn from the masters. George Stubbs (1724 - 1806)
is considered to be one of the greatest of all British
horse painters.
So on a recent trip overseas when everyone
else at the museum was surrounding the Mona Lisaand the Winged Victory, I scurried off to a quiet gallery
and was excited to discover a George Stubbs painting!
I must have stayed there longer than the museum guards
thought proper, but for me it was a once in a lifetime experience.
If you have seen a Stubbs horse painting in a museum here in the states,
I'd love to hear from you.