Horse Oil Paintings
The horse in Western painting: breeds, harness, sporting art and battle.
The Equestrian Portrait
The oldest use of the horse in painting: a man raised above eye level, the animal borrowing him its authority.
Equestrian Portrait of Henri De La Tour D"auvergne, Vicomte De Turenne
Adam van der Meulen
Equestrian Portrait of Louis Xiv of France
Adam van der Meulen
Arab horsemen on a bridge
Alfred Dehodencq
Portrait of the Painter Cornelis de Wae
Anthony van Dyck
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I, King of England
Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Second Lieutenant Charles Legrand
Antoine-Jean Gros
Under Arms
Cavalry charges, hussars and cuirassiers — the horse as the fastest thing on a battlefield for three hundred years.
The Gallop
Racecourse and hunting field: the genre that paid British animal painters, and where the horse is the wager.
In Harness
Plough, cart, timber and coach — the working horse, usually painted as part of the ground it turns.
Stable and Study
Mares, foals, stallions and grooms at the water trough: the horse observed at rest, with no rider to share the frame.
