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George Stubbs

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George Stubbs was an English artist born on August 25, 1724. Stubbs contributed to the Romantic and Academic movements and died on July 10, 1806. Get notified when George Stubbs's biography is complete:

Horse Attacked by a Lion

1769

Haymakers

1785

Reapers

1785
Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

1774-1840
Portrait of John Constable

John Constable

Nature wins, every time

1776-1837
Portrait of Peder Balke

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

1804-1887
Portrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge

1823-1889
Portrait of Osman Hamdi Bey

Osman Hamdi Bey

Archeologist, painter, scientist, orphan

1842-1910
Portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Guardian of the old ways

1780-1867
17011900
A dynasty of royal painters
The Family of Nainsukh
Making a living from etchings
Giovanni Battista Piranesi George Stubbs
A disgraced silversmith, last of a dynasty
François-Thomas Germain
We're all young and hot — let's make out
Jean-Honoré Fragonard

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