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Most Famous Horses in Art

FAMOUS HORSE PAINTINGS

Horses rapidly became the most common mode of transportation for the majority of the world’s inhabitants, including Asia and Europe up to around 1,000 years ago.  Horses have always been appreciated for their majesty, as well as the fact that they are extremely devoted to people and are among the most loved domestic species on the planet.

#1

Whistlejacket (1762) by George Stubbs

#2

Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801) by Jacques-Louis David

#3

The 1821 Derby at Epsom (1821) by Théodore Géricault

#4

Horse Frightened by a Thunderstorm (1829) by Eugène Delacroix

#5

The Horse Fair (1855) by Rosa Bonheur

#6

The Parade, Race Horses in front of the Tribunes (1868) by Edgar Degas

#7

Lady Godiva (1898) by John Collier

#8

Two Riders on a Beach (1901) by Max Liebermann

#9

Blue Horses (1911) by Franz Marc