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Alfred Munnings Art

British, 1878-1959

Alfred Munnings was born on 8th October 1878 at Mendham Mill, Mendham, Suffolk, across the River Waveney from Harleston in Norfolk to Christian parents. His father was the miller and Munnings grew up surrounded by the activity of a busy working mill with horses and horse-drawn carts arriving daily. After leaving Framlingham College at the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a Norwich printer, designing and drawing advertising posters for the next six years, attending the Norwich University of the Arts in his spare time. When his apprenticeship ended, he became a full-time painter. The loss of sight in his right eye in an accident in 1898 did not deflect his determination to paint, and in 1899 two of his pictures were shown at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. He painted rural scenes, frequently of subjects such as Gypsies and horses. Munnings was associated with the Newlyn School of painters, and there he met Florence Carter-Wood, a young horsewoman and painter. They married on 19th January 1912, but she tried to kill herself on their honeymoon and did so in 1914. Munnings bought Castle House, Dedham, in 1919, describing it as "the house of my dreams." He used the house and adjoining studio extensively throughout the rest of his career, and it was opened as the Munnings Art Museum in the early 1960s, after Munnings's death. He was elected president of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1944, was made a Knight Bachelor in the same year, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1947 New Year Honors. Munnings died at the Castle House, Dedham, Essex, on 17th July 1959. The village pub in Mendham is named after him, as is a street there. His immensely popular sporting artworks have enjoyed popularity in the United States as well as the United Kingdom and elsewhere. During his lifetime, some of Munnings's works were purchased by the wealthiest collectors of the day. In 2007, his Red Prince Mare sold for $7,848,000.

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"Why Weren't You Out Yesterday?" Chromolithograph By Sir Alfred Munnings
"Why Weren't You Out Yesterday?" Chromolithograph By Sir Alfred Munnings

"Why Weren't You Out Yesterday?" Chromolithograph By Sir Alfred Munnings

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Bristol, CT

Print Sz: 18 1/8"H x 23 5/8"W Frame Sz: 29 1/8"H x 34 1/8"W Why Weren't You Out Yesterday? was based on a previously commissioned work entitled Mrs Helen Cutting and Misses Brady, ...

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20th Century Alfred Munnings Art

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Lithograph

" The Belvoir Hunt Horses Exercising, " 1922 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings
" The Belvoir Hunt Horses Exercising, " 1922 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings

" The Belvoir Hunt Horses Exercising, " 1922 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Bristol, CT

Print Sz: 16 1/2"H x 19 1/2"W Frame Sz: 26 3/4"H x 29"W w/ blind stamp Fine Art Trade Guild Published by Frost & Reed Ltd Pencil signed by the artist LR margin The original title for the print is The Belvoir Hunt Horses Exercising, A December Morning. The original painting was exhibited as Some of the Hunt Horses at exercise - Early December morning (1921). Munnings wrote in the 1921 catalogue: "These pictures were painted during my stay at Woolsthorpe with Maj Bouch, Master of the Belvoir Hunt, and it was through his kindness that was able to do what I show here. Every facility was given me in kennels and stables, where I had free use of the hounds and horses at all times. I have not touched any of this work away from the spot, and they stand as impressions studies or pictures, as the onlooker chooses to style them." Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...

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1920s Alfred Munnings Art

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Lithograph

Sir Alfred Munnings Watercolour Titled 'The Hunt'
Sir Alfred Munnings Watercolour Titled 'The Hunt'

Sir Alfred Munnings Watercolour Titled 'The Hunt'

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Uppingham, GB

Sir Alfred James Munnings, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1878-1959) 'The hunt' Signed and dated 'A.J. Munnings. 1913.' (lower right) pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on a prepared sheet of paper...

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1910s Realist Alfred Munnings Art

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Watercolor

"Unsaddling At Epsom, Summer Meeting" 1932 Chromolithograph By Alfred Munnings
"Unsaddling At Epsom, Summer Meeting" 1932 Chromolithograph By Alfred Munnings

"Unsaddling At Epsom, Summer Meeting" 1932 Chromolithograph By Alfred Munnings

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Bristol, CT

Print Sz: 18"H x 21 1/2"W Frame Sz: 28 1/2"H x 32"W w/ blindstamp Fine Art Trade Guild Published by Frost & Reed Ltd Pencil signed by the artist LR margin Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...

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1930s Alfred Munnings Art

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Lithograph

A Morning's Work-Newmarket Heath by Sir Alfred J. Munnings
A Morning's Work-Newmarket Heath by Sir Alfred J. Munnings

A Morning's Work-Newmarket Heath by Sir Alfred J. Munnings

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Bristol, CT

Proof No. 7 of a limited printing of 10. Permission of Mrs. George F. Getty II, owner of the painting Print Sz: 24 1/2"H x 37 1/2"W Frame Sz: 27 3/4"H x 40 1/2"W

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20th Century Alfred Munnings Art

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Lithograph

The Paddock At Epsom, Spring Meeting 1932 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings
The Paddock At Epsom, Spring Meeting 1932 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings

The Paddock At Epsom, Spring Meeting 1932 Chromolithograph by Alfred Munnings

By Alfred Munnings

Located in Bristol, CT

Print Sz: 18 1/4"H x 22 1/2"W Frame Sz: 28 1/2"H x 32"W w/ blind stamp: Fine Art Trade Guild Published by Frost & Reed Ltd Pencil signed by the artist LR margin Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...

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1930s Alfred Munnings Art

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Lithograph

1920s Famous Alfred Munnings Oil Painting of his Favourite Hound
1920s Famous Alfred Munnings Oil Painting of his Favourite Hound

1920s Famous Alfred Munnings Oil Painting of his Favourite Hound

By Alfred Munnings

Located in London, GB

Sir Alfred Munnings R.A. (1878 - 1959) 'Favourite Hound' Oil on Wood Framed 98 x 74 cm Sir Alfred Munnings R.A. was known as one of England's finest painters of animals and as an ou...

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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Alfred Munnings Art

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Oil

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