National Sporting Library & Museum From May 6 to July 31
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rench horse racing subjects in the 19th-century will hold strong appeal in an exhibition at the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg from May 6 to July 31. “The French Horse From Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts” was organized by the Richmond based museum from its collections including the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. More than 40 major paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by artists as varied as Pablo Picasso, Antoine- Louis Barye, Edgar Degas, and Théodore Géricault represent every major movement in French art from Romanticism to Fauvism.
Exhibition opening events Please attend an opening reception for The French Horse From Géricault to Picasso: Works from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on May 6. Free to the public, refreshments served. Cash bar with open bar for Members. Join us for a coffee reception and gallery tour by one of the VMFA Curators from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. on May 7 (free to Members, $5 non-members). Coffee provided by Middleburg Common Grounds.
Alfred De Dreux (French, 1810-1860)
A Trumpeter of the Life Guards, ca. 1851 | Oil on canvas | 36”H x 28”W Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Photo by Travis Fullerton© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Carle (Antoine Charles Horace) Vernet (French, 1758-1836)
Mameluke on Horseback, with Bow and Arrow, ca. 1800 | Watercolor on wove paper | 12 5/8”H x 15 7/8”W Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Photo by David Stover© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Jockey Facing Left, ca. 1870-80 | Blue pastel on laid paper | 12 ½”H x 9 ½”W Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Photo by Troy Wilkinson© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
Cheval vetu pour la promenade, 1832 | Watercolor on paper | 4 5/8”H x 7 3/16”W Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Photo by Troy Wilkinson© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts MIDDLEBURG LIFE