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Equine geoglyphs

Today we learning a little about equine geoglyphs, including the White Horse of Uffington and a sculpture by Julie Livsey. Image: Corbis/Skyscan

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More About The Horse in Art

Today we will spend some time appreciating some paintings of horses by artists of the 18th to 20th centuries, such as George Stubbs, Edgar Degas and Andrew Wyeth. Image: Royal Academy of Art.

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Painting and carving the horse

Today we begin looking at the horse in Art, from caveman times, throughout history. Image: Public Domain

Celebration

The Melbourne Cup

We are the only nation on Earth that stops for a horse race and that race is "The Melbourne Cup" which is run on the 1st Tuesday in Novemember. The first Melbourne Cup was run in 1861 and "Archer" won by a staggering 6 lengths. Image: Archer, with jockey J Cutts by Frederick Woodhouse Snr

At Home

At Home with the Marvellous Movie Girls - Part 1

My movie group is in lockdown so as special treat we have taken you into their homes for an exhibition of their favourite works of art. We see paintings by Joan Williams, a work purchased in Paris, plus much about "Better Loosen Up" for lovers of race horses. Image: Ash Wednesday by Joan Williams.

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Monday's Feature Art Work: Ponies by Jon Stefansson

Each Monday we are going to bring you just one piece of art for us to appreciate and build our knowledge of art through life. 120 Years of Icelandic Art by Stehan Karlsson. Image: Ponies by Jon Stefansson (affino.com)

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Dina D'Argo: Unbridled

Dina D'Argo calls her art works Unbridled. Her works celebrate the bond between ourselves and nature and the Unbridled tag comes from a serious horseback riding accident that changed the course of her life and eventually led her to renew her commitment to her lifelong passion for art.

Tribute

Remembering Animals that Went to War

Working Dogs of War statue also at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

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Remembering Our Wonderful Animals

The Animals in War Memorial in Hyde Park, London. inspired by Jilly Cooper's book Animals in War, and was made possible by a specially created fund of £1.4 million from public donations of which Cooper was a co-trustee.

Sculpture

Creating Horses

A Work of Art starts with an idea in Judith Leman's case with respect to her horse sculptures, the ideas stem from her love of and close relationship with horses. Following the birth of the idea as Judith Leman explains, time is taken to observe moods, characteristics and conformation.

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The Last Goodbye

It was her great love of horses and her family’s history of military service that inspired Judith Leman to create a series of sculptures recognising the vital role horses played in the First World War. The sculptures tell the stories of the horses being transported to Egypt

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Stirred by Horses

other statues of horses that we found captivating. One of my favourite horse statues is the one that carries The Maid of Orleans outside the Melbourne City Library as shown above. The sculptor was Frenchman Emmanuel Frémiet.

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