Alfred Munnings

1920s Famous Alfred Munnings Oil Painting of his Favourite Hound

circa 1920

William Huggins (1820 - 1884) Two pumas in a landscape Oil on panel Signed and dated, 'W. Huggins 1840' Exhibition and gallery labels, verso Provenance: Ex-Collection, the Master of...

William Huggins (1820 - 1884) A lion and a lioness in a landscape Oil on panel  Signed and dated, lower right: 'Huggins 1847' With gallery and exhibition labels, verso Provenance: ...

Within the context of British sporting art, one has to put a Herring on this scale as a jewel in the crown. Coming from a collection formed in the 1930s, this is its first change of ...

Imogen Mary Collier (1873-1952) Portrait of Jerry and Dot Circa. 1895-1900 Oil on Canvas 49 X 42.5 Imogen Mary Collier (1873-1952) was born in 1873 at Whitchurch, Devon, England. She was the daughter of Mortimer John Collier...

Charles Augustus Henry LUTYENS (1829 – 1915, British) On the Scent c.1880 Unframed 50 x 84 inches Framed 64 x 98 inches Oil on Canvas Signed Provenance: Possibly commissioned by George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry (1838-1930); thence by family descent; Croome Court House Sale, Worcestershire 1948 Lord Coventry was a keen huntsman having founded the North Cotswold Hunt in 1867 and in 1882 The Croome. Besides founding two Hunts, he also held the unique distinction of owning racehorses that won two Grand Nationals in consecutive years. Daphne Moore, the hunting correspondent writing about the Croome Hounds c.1950, emphasised the influence of Rambler as a perfect type of hound. ‘Who could have dreamed that in 1949 well-bred hounds in almost every kennel in England would have at least a trace of Rambler’s blood in their veins?’ … to the hound man The Croome and the name Coventry immediately recalls Rambler. Anyone who has seen his portrait by Lutyens, will remember him as being the perfect type of hound for any country…’ Charles Lutyens the artist spent his early adult life in the Army, joining the 20th foot and siled with them in 1850 to serve in Canada. In 1857 he left the army to take up life as a professional artist. He based himself at Onslow Square...

John Fredrick Herring Jr Pair of Farmyard Scenes Signed and Dated Oil on Canvas 56 X 56 cm John Fredrick Herring Jr was born in Doncaster South Yorkshire around 1820. He was the son of John Fredrick Herring Sr, one of Britain's best equestrian painters of the first half of the 19th century. Herring Jr through his fathers influence was exposed to many wealthy patrons and also the intimacy of his fathers brush work. Herring's farmyard style that is depicted in the paintings above is iconic and most desirable to any collector of 19th century English sporting art.

Fine 19th century landscape oil on canvas by Alfred de Breanski Sr., this sunset, color and light, are exceptional in this work. Alfred De Brea...

Highland Cattle Watering is a landscape/cattle painting, late 19th century/early 20th Century by Scottish artist Douglas Cameron. This is an oil painti...

A female and male Goosander bird on ice floes. In the center of the painting there is a smaller opening in the ice covered waters. This painting, by Christian Berg (1893-1976) is quite interesting and unusual for his works. It is signed "Ch. Berg" and dated 1918. Berg is mostly famous for his sculptures which was to become his signum works later in his life. He is known primarily for his abstract artworks. He was educated at the Technical School and Althin's painting school in Stockholm 1911–1914. In the years 1914–1917 he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and started with animal painting in the spirit of Bruno Liljefors. Our painting is from this period just after he finished his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. In 1921, he studied in Berlin and Dresden which was followed by a trip to Egypt in 1925. In the same year he moved to Paris and had a studio on rue Guénégaud. He studied with André Lhote and his interest in cubism was awakened. Made sketch drawings at the free academies Colarossi and La Grande Chaumière and in 1927 he met the Swedish artist Erik Olson...

Caspar von Reth (1858-1913) The Home Guard signed and dated ‘C. v. Reth/ 1905’ (lower right) oil on canvas, laid on board 13 ¾ x 19 ½ in. (34.9 x 49.5 cm.)

Steven Spurrier, R.A. (1878-1961) The ocean depths signed ‘STEVEN SPURRIER’ (lower right) oil on canvas canvas 24 x 36 in. (60.9 x 91.4 cm.) frame 30 ...

Stags in Winter Twilight (American, early 20th century) Both dated l. r. "1912" 38 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches The stag is the king of the forest, the protector of all other creatures. For ...