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Lot 117
Description:
Thomas Blinks (English, 1860-1912), "The Kill", oil on canvas, signed and dated "89" lower right, 30 in. x 47 1/2 in., in a gilt and gessoed wood frame.
- Notes: Note: An accomplished painter of sporting pictures, Blinks was particularly admired for the sense of energy and immediacy with which he imbued his hunting scenes. A self-taught artist, he learned horse anatomy by studing the fine animals at Tattersalls, the famed English bloodstock auctioneers. He received numerous royal commissions from King George V, who was impressed by the artist's ability to accurately and convincingly portray animals in motion. The present lot captures the drama of the hunt, in particular the charged moment of "who-whoop", which occurs at the end of the hunt with the official announcement of the fox's death. It is at this time that the lead huntsman grabs the fox from the jaws of the excited hounds. Blinks pays special attention to the hounds, successfully capturing their various aspects and personalities; the disinterested hound watching calmly from the sidelines, the hound licking his wounds, the growling hound angered at the sight of the fox. References: Bénézit. Dictionnaire des Peintres, Librairie Grund, 1976, vol. II, p. 83. Wood. Victorian Painters. Antique Collector's Club. 1995.
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