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Violet introduced Munnings to Exmoor after they married. In 1920, she bought a cottage at Wootton Courtenay where they would spend time.

Munnings wrote he had “nothing to do except paint and play around”.

Riding out on the moors he captured the landscape & wild Exmoor ponies.

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2022-11-16

Although a study this painting highlights Munnings’ skill at painting a racehorse. The central horse has a sheen & muscle definition that is second to none.

'Happy Laughter' a Chestnut Racehorse with Jockey up in a Landscape, 1954

A Chestnut Horse in a Landscape, Happy Laughter

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2022-11-14

While ‘Alfred Munnings: The Art of the Poster’ might have closed we share ‘The Squire’s Daughter’ 1901 from

Having been a lithographers’ apprentice for 6 years in the 1890s in Norwich. Munnings created romantic characters in Georgian costume in both print & paint.

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2022-11-07

This we are in the Unsaddling Enclosure 🐎

The unsaddling enclosure, like the start of the race, was another of Munnings's favourite subjects.

In the studies he experiments with the bright light contrast of the stands, the coat of the horse and shadows.

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2022-11-06

Head over to our Youtube channel for a ghostly tale for Halloween….a dramatic interpretation of:

‘The Tale of Anthony Bell’, A Hunting Ballad by Sir Alfred Munnings

Watch here 📺 https://t.co/GlGTcUjE9k

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2022-10-31

We are loving all of the shares of Munnings’ wonderfully spooky ‘The Haunted Room’ for this week’s

We also share some of the ghostly studies for the painting from our collection 👻👻👻

View on

https://t.co/zNcndd50bs

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2022-10-27

Today is our last open day of the season before we close for the winter.

This we showcase the wonderful studies by Munnings’ in our 2022 displays.

Open today from 1.30pm to 4.30pm for the final time this season!

Tickets do not need to be pre-booked

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2022-10-23

1910 The Ford - Alfred James Munnings, British painter

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2022-10-12

Munnings was an avid reader, he was very familiar with and inspired by the classic Victorian novelists & poets

See Munnings' imagined scenes depicting heroes & heroines of literature in our special exhibition, 'Alfred Munnings: The Art of the Poster'

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2022-09-08

Sir Alfred Munnings and the colour blue...

"Again I began in my mind, mixing the rich, dark, bluey tones" Sir Alfred Munnings in his autobiogrpahy, 'The Second Burst'.

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2022-09-02

''Il futuro ci corre incontro a braccia spalancate ma non ci dà il tempo di abbracciarlo'' M. Buonarroti
A.J.Munnings - The morning ride 1912, show Florence
Carter-Wood Munnings' first wife riding in a glade in the Lamorna Valley

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2022-08-21

Join at The Munnings Art Museum on 27th September @ 2pm for A Brief History of Sidesaddle Riding.

In this talk, Erica will begin with the Victorian era and end with illustrative paintings of the topic by Sir Alfred Munnings.

Book tickets: https://t.co/HUJmj7FJ4N

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2022-08-20

To celebrate week 3 Curatorial Associate, Dr Bill Teatheredge has made an online curation of racing pictures by Munnings: https://t.co/XMZBJGHHy9

Curate your own: https://t.co/5BVHjC6v2P

Share it on social media & tag Art UK to win of a box of books

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2022-08-19

Gardens in the summertime by Sir Alfred Munnings:


"I NEVER tire of my garden. This morning is bright. Light flashes in the laurels. The sound of the rustling leaves of an old plane-tree...".


- Sir Alfred Munnings in his Autobiography, An Artist's Life 1950.


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2022-08-14

Munnings ecalled the pleasures of rowing along the river:

“passing along level with the banks on peaceful, calm surfaces, forcing the canoes through eddying narrows, between thick clumps of dark green rushes in the shallows …”

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2022-07-13

It was in the aftermath of the First World War that Munnings began to secure commissions to paint thoroughbred horses.

In later life, Newmarket racecourse was where he went to recharge, relax, socialise & paint for himself in his own style, free from the demands of a patron.

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2022-06-12

We have only today to enjoy the great collection of paintings drawn together by the talented Curator of Sir Alfred Munnings (1879-1959) A Life of his Own. We thank our generous lenders especially . Also and for hosting.

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2022-06-12

Don't forget, Sunday is your last day to enjoy our marvellous Munnings exhibition! Why not make a day of it and enjoy lunch or order a picnic to enjoy in our beautiful grounds? https://t.co/kBQ9g829PV

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2022-06-10

He is regarded as the father figure of the later group of 'Newlyn' artists, which included Laura and Harold Knight, Alfred Munnings, Frank Gascoigne Heath and Stanley Gardiner, known as the Lamorna group.

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