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George Stubbs

Portrait of George Stubbs

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 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

I didn't know Picasso but he knew me

1746-1828
Portrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault

Bigger is better

1798-1863
Portrait of Ivan Aivazovsky

Ivan Aivazovsky

A military painter sponsored by the state—smells like propaganda

1817-1900

Gottfried Lindauer

Anthropology or exploitation? Portraits of the Māori

1839-1926
Portrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Guardian of the old ways

1780-1867
Portrait of Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson

1846-1933
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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