About Cross Gate Gallery
Founded in 1974, Cross Gate Gallery is a leading source of the world’s finest sporting art. The Lexington based gallery specializes in equine-related art, and its impressive inventory ranges from 19th and early-20th- century classic works to contemporary paintings and sculpture. Greg Ladd, the gallery’s founder, parlayed an early interest in fine art and his love of thoroughbred racing into what would become one of world’s premier sporting art galleries. Early on, Ladd recognized that Lexington’s stature as the Horse Capital of the World made it an ideal locale to sell...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Pink Socks
Located in Lexington, KY
Known for his depictions of horses and different jazz subjects, Ashley served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and would make the rank of captain before being discharged from the ar...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait d'homme rehaussé signé en bas à droite à vue
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Lexington, KY
Mainly known for his lithographs and prints of concerts, horses, and different musical composers. Weisbuch also has been known to produce charcoal and pastel drawings of conductors a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
The Violinist II
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Lexington, KY
Mainly known for his lithographs and prints of concerts, horses, and different musical composers. Weisbuch also has been known to produce charcoal and pastel drawings of conductors a...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
The Violinist I
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Lexington, KY
Mainly known for his lithographs and prints of concerts, horses, and different musical composers. Weisbuch also has been known to produce charcoal and pastel drawings of conductors a...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Swallows
By Emma Faull
Located in Lexington, KY
Using water color as her medium, Emma Faull is able to depict hyper realistic depictions of wildlife that is around her and also works to protect endangered species through her paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Parading the Paddock, Belmont Park
By Peter Howell
Located in Lexington, KY
Peter Howell has been very popular in the Sporting Art Genera for many years with his unique impressionistic style. His paintings invoke memory and nostal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Paddock
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Lexington, KY
LeRoy Neiman is very well known among the sporting world for his race depictions and jockey portraits. His unique style of painting the genera has redefined as well as inspired other...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
May at Morvern Park
Located in Lexington, KY
Morvern park is a historic park also the home of former Virginia governor Westmorland Davis and his wife. It is now serving as a museum as well as an equestrian center. The equestria...
Category
Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Steeplechasers Covering Ground
By Henry Koehler
Located in Lexington, KY
A Louisville Kentucky native, Henry Koehler has been familiar with horse racing since he was young. After graduating from Yale, Koehler would have his drawings and illustrations show...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quiet Waters, Resting Salmon
Located in Lexington, KY
Richard J. Smith is an accomplished wildlife and nature artist who has had works exhibited at multiple major galleries all around the world. He was commissioned by the Sultan of Oman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Munnings
By Suzy Smith
Located in Lexington, KY
A Kentucky native, Suzy Smith has been adjusted to horses and farm life for a long time, and she knows the game well. Becuse she lives an a farm she can readily paint the animals tha...
Category
Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
New Life
Located in Lexington, KY
Benjamin Sullivan is a portrait painter, who also hold the rockers for the youngest person to be elected a member to the New English Art Club, and the Royal Society for Portrait Pain...
Category
Late 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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