George Stubbs - Definition and Overview

George Stubbs (August 25, 1724 - July 10, 1806) was a British painter, best known for his paintings of horses.

Stubbs studied anatomy and taught it at a hospital in York, but as an artist was largely self-taught. He lived for the most part in Lincolnshire and London.

In 1751 he made illustrations for a textbook on midwifery and in 1766 published Anatomy of the Horse. He became a popular painter of horses to the aristocracy, also producing pictures of dogs, portraits, scenes of rural life, and some work on enamel executed under the guidance of Josiah Wedgwood.

See also

• English school of painting
• British art

External link

• 'Molly Longlegs' (1762) (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/collections/18c/stubbs.asp) in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/)