George Stubbs

George Stubbs RA ( born August 25, 1724 in Liverpool, † July 10, 1806 in London) was an English painter and scientist.

Stubbs is considered one of the greatest European painters of animals. In addition, he was a lecturer in anatomy of human beings and animals at the Hospital of York and published several scientific works, including the book " The Anatomy of the Horse". Typical of Stubbs ' painting is the scientific approach to the reproduction of his animal motifs, representing the uniqueness and importance of the artist.

Life

Stubbs grew up in Liverpool, the son of a leather tanner and Trader. In his early years he worked in the family business. After the death of his father in 1741, he was briefly the doctrine in a painter and engraver in Lancashire. He disliked the work, which consisted mainly of copying other works. From then on, he learned his skills as an autodidact. In the 1740s he worked as a portrait painter before he studied human anatomy at York County Hospital from about 1745 to 1751. By his own account he was interested this field of work since early childhood, and so does his first works were illustrations for a textbook for midwives. In 1754 he made one of his first trips to Italy. 1756 he rented a farm in Horkstow, Lincolnshire, and spent considerable time studying and the Section of horses. 1759 he moved to London and worked on his book The anatomy of the Horse, which he published in 1766. The original drawings are now a component of the Royal Academy of Arts. Even before the publication of this work, he fell on the scientifically accurate rendering of his horse motifs. Since his first job working for the Duke of Richmond, which ordered three large paintings, the livelihood of Stubbs was assured. He quickly became the favorite painter of the aristocracy in its domain, and so came to a certain wealth. When his best-known work is considered Whistle Jacket ( painting of a parade of horse ), which was given by two-time Prime Minister Charles Watson- Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham in order and can now be seen in the National Gallery in London. Other works can be found, inter alia, to in the Neue Pinakothek and the Walker Art Gallery.

Exhibition

• 2012: George Stubbs, Neue Pinakothek, Munich