Sir Alfred James Munnings (Mendham, Suffolk, October 8, 1878 – Castle House, Dedham, Essex, July 17, 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism. 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 was awarded a knighthood in 1944.
[This painting was sold by Sotheby's on April 23, 2010 for $578,500]
[Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm]
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