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[6] His illustrations attracted author Marguerite Henry, who later wrote, "I had just finished writing Justin Morgan Had a Horse, and wanted the best horse artist in the world to illustrate it. So I went to the library, studied the horse books, and immediately fell in love with the work of Will James and Wesley Dennis.
Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch (20 June 1869 – 27 November 1958) was a British artist and teacher who specialized in painting horses. Though increasingly overlooked after the Second World War, from the late 1890s to the mid-1920s she was one of the country's best-known female artists.
In Shoshone Crossing, the snow-filled meadow in which horseback riders are crossing appears from farther away to be the shape of a running horse. Her twenty-four set collection of paintings of dark-brown horses set against light brown rocks and white snow, from a distance and arranged in order spell out the words Hide and Seek .
Many art historians believe that the manner in which the horses and carriages are cropped in the painting are the result of influence of photography. Art historian Aaron Scharf has compared this painting to an album of stereoscopic photographs called Vues instantanées de Paris taken by the photographer Hippolyte Jouvin .
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses has been viewed favorably by critics, particularly for its artwork and positive portrayal of Native American culture. School Library Journal expressed that "the real strength of the book lies in the highly detailed, full-page lithographs finely printed in bright colors" and "the illustrations alone make this worth owning". [4]
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The Horses photographed in 2012. The Horses (also known as the Wild Horse Monument) is a public art sculpture created by David Govedare in 1989–1990 and situated near Vantage, Washington. It consists of 15 life-size steel horses which appear to be galloping across a ridge above the Columbia River. Presented as a gift for the centenary of ...