Spare, muscular, and vibrantly alive, Walter Quirt’s mid-century horse paintings distill a lifetime’s inquiry into line, movement, and pictorial economy. In celebration of Lunar New Year and the Year of the Horse, this exhibition brings together canvases from Quirt’s late period, spanning 1959-1964, in which the equine motif becomes more than subject — it becomes the engine of his painterly imagination. Framing Quirt’s paintings within the Year of the Horse highlight associations of stamina, action, and a propulsive life force that are shared by Quirt’s work, his life, and the symbol of the Chinese zodiac.
