Some Unionville residents will no doubt be interested in visiting an exhibition by the famed equestrian artist Sir Alfred James Munnings at the National Sporting Museum and Library in Middleburg, Virginia. The show, comprising almost 70 oils and watercolors from private collections and the Munnings Museum in England, runs through Sept. 15.
According to "Wall Street Journal" reviewer Bruce Cole, the "most memorable painting of horse and rider is the 1922 portrait of his second wife, Violet McBride ... The painting shows a slightly smiling Violet standing, dressed in an elegant black riding habit, hand on hip, holding the reins of her grey mount."
I was amazed to learn that Munnings had such a successful and lucrative career while suffering from gout in his hands and with only one eye: had lost the right when he was hit by a thorny branch while rescuing a puppy at the age of 20.
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