Alfred James Munnings - Maurice Sketching by the Bridge at Wiston

Alfred James Munnings - Maurice Sketching by the Bridge at Wiston, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

[Oil on canvas, 20.125 x 24 inches]

Sir Alfred James Munnings - Gypsies on the Downs [1912]

Sir Alfred James Munnings - Gypsies on the Downs [1912], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Sir Alfred James Munnings, PRA, (October 8, 1878 – July 17, 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken enemy of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund, he earned several prestigious commissions after the Great War that made him wealthy. Alfred Munnings was in Mendham, Suffolk across the River Waveney from Harleston in Norfolk. He was awarded a knighthood in 1944. He died at Castle House, Dedham, Essex. After his death, his wife turned their home in Dedham into a museum of his work. The village pub in Mendham is named after him.

[Oil on canvas, 15½ x 11½ inches]

Alfred James Munnings - Exercising

Alfred James Munnings - Exercising, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Sir Alfred James Munnings (Mendham, Sussex, October 8, 187 - 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. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund, he earned several prestigious commissions after the Great War that made him wealthy.

Alfred James Munnings - Portrait of Lady Barbara Lowther on Horseback

Alfred James Munnings - Portrait of Lady Barbara Lowther on Horseback, a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

This painting was sold by Sotheby's on May 7, 2008 for £860,500.

[Oil on canvas, 71 x 76 cm]

Alfred James Munnings - Ascot [1933]

Alfred James Munnings - Ascot [1933], originally uploaded by Gandalf's Gallery.

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]