Untitled [The White Horse]

Catalogue

White horse standing in profile, head and neck in shadow, flecks of light on mane. Horse faces a farm building at left. Tree in the background.

Other title(s)

Study of Horse

Date

1908 – 1912

Object type

painting

Medium and materials

oil on canvas

Dimensions

457x560mm

Place Made

Norfolk, England

Inscriptions

Verso left F.S.

Verso label Stewart & Co, Marylebone

Provenance

Donated to the The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, by Mrs M. Hamersley, 1971

Courtesy The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Current Collection

The Dowse Art Museum

Current Location

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Keywords

animal horse early work Calderon School of Animal Painting oil painting England landscape format

Donated to the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, by Flora Scales's sister, Mrs M. Hamersley, in 1971. Mrs Hamersley supplied the alternative title Study of Horse. This painting was subsequently retitled The White Horse.

Scales in conversation with M. de Lange, 1983, said this work was painted at a summer school in Norfolk, England, arranged by Frank Calderon during her time studying at the W. Frank Calderon School of Animal Painting, London, England, which Scales attended 1908-1912.

Exhibitions

Pic 'n' Mix

The Women of Pumpkin Cottage

Acknowledgments

Photos by Shaun Waugh