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Horse art is a genre, respected only in modern times but prevalent throughout history. From early cave paintings,
the forming of early house hold tool, burial tomb
and ritual artifacts as well as early jewelry, the horse and art work have traveled side by side through the centuries along with the joined histories of horse and
human.
As the centuries passed, the art became more sophisticated along with the depiction of the form of the horse, moving from abstraction to realism, to a time when many
art styles were and are readily available. The one thing constant in the creation of horse art has been the feeling that motivated the artists, artisans and crafts people.
Not until the middle of the eighteen hundreds, relatively recent in the course of art history, has the genre of depicting the horse become accepted in the circles of fine art.
Prior to this century and even well into the century famous artists whose imagination was captured by the horse, and for whom the expression of this feeling naturally
found its way into their work, were called "horse artists" and the term was meant to be rather demeaning.
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Horse Art of Patricia Crane:
Horse Art of a Sculptor (Bio)
Life Size Bronze Sculpture - For KY Horse Park
Life Size Horse Sculpture - for Saddlebred Museum
Bronze Sculpture - Gallery
Porcelain Gallery
54mm Miniature Sculpture
Horse Prints
Art of the Model Horse
Mustang Art
Sporting Art - TB Horse Sculpture
American Saddlebred Art
Thoroughbred - Horse Racing
Arabian Horse Art Gifts
Morgan Horse Art Gifts
Pastels of the horse Supreme Sultan
THE HORSE IN ART HISTORY:
Horse Art History Index
Horse Art in Ancient Civilizations
Early Oriental Horse Art
Horse Art in Medieval Times
Renaissance Horse Art
Horse Art and the Baroque Age
Horse Art Eighteenth Century |
However as the trend of such "horse art" continued, and indeed some hugely talented artists who were also credited by the world as being vastly talented, did
paint and sculpt horses, the opinion of the art critics and collectors shifted to accommodate what was unstoppable anyway and such art became more widely
accepted as worthy of the time of the serious artist.
In truth, from the days of Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance, famous artists were well-depicting the form of the horse in their life time body of art work. Degas,
Reubens, Gerricault, Toulouse-Lautrec and so very many of the world's most famous, contributed to the ongoing creation of horse art, long before such a term came
into usage. The sculptors did their part too, as most kings and any depiction of war included the horse, not to mention the beginning of racing and sporting art that
was the real point at which the horse in art became popular, if not yet highly rated.
By the time Patricia Crane was born, it was ok to draw, paint, and sculpt horses as a focus of a career in the arts and almost everyone was verbally admitting that the
motivation of all the centuries of human artists whose imaginations were captured by this incredible animal called "horse", was in the end result understandable , since
all along it was the very spirit of the horse , the essence of aliveness, grace, power and beauty that had always caused the outpouring of expression by all of the
artists in all of the many art forms they practiced and through which they expressed their own spirit . The once mostly unspoken, but always felt, age old partnership
of man and horse flourished in the arts and horse art and the value of the equine artist formed a niche - a genre that continues.
A few examples of the work of Patricia Crane, which has spanned forty years or so to date, are offered below with links to the appropriate areas of this website:
Sporting Art
The Sporting genre deals with the
Thoroughbred and the warmblood in
hunting, jumping, racing, etc.
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Western Art
The Horse of the American West
has long inspired an art genre all it's own.
This mustang is shying from 2 quail.
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The Show Horse in Art
The form and speed of the Saddlebred is of great beauty, speed and elegance.
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Compositional Sculpture - The horse at ease; two broodmares and a stallion.
Bronze has been the art medium of choice
for sculptors through the ages and holds
the aliveness of the horse very nicely.
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Monumental Horse for Museum.
The stallion Supreme Sultan is buried
beneath his bronze portrait which stands at the front doors of the Saddle Horse Museum.
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Life Size Bronze for
Kentucky Horse Park:
Steps explained -- in the
creation of a bronze for
the Museum at the Horse Park in Lexington, KY.
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The Arabian Horse in Art
The grace and beauty of the
Arabian, makes a perfect subject!
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Porcelain
Porcelain is yet another art material with
a long history, that also lends itself to sculpture. Raku sculpture in the porcelain area of the site,
is a rare form of ceramics!
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Resin Sculpture
Resin is a very modern art material and there are several resin sculptures to view in this site section.
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Lithograph and Prints
Lithography is a respected method of
producing of high quality art prints. The
litho shown is of rare value to the collectors
of Crane's work.
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The Horse in Miniature
The art of miniature toy soldiers has
been a favorite of collectors for years.
Only 3 and a half inches tall, this
set portrays a show ring victory pass.
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Supreme Sultan Pastels
The art medium of Pastel
was used to depict the horse
as long ago as the days of
Degas. A few commissioned
pastel portraits are shown on
the stallion, Supreme Sultan's page.
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To discuss a commission in bronze, a true to life sculpture-portrait of your horse, contact the sculptor patricia@artbycrane.com
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