Archive Article: 2001/01/05

5 January 2001

A major exhibition of the work of Sir Alfred Munnings, the eccentric artist with a passion for horses and the countryside, opens in London today (Jan 5). Born the son of a miller in East Anglia in 1878, Munnings has been described by many art historians as "the greatest horse painter since Stubbs". The exhibition, which runs until Jan 25

in Sothebys Bond Street Galleries, is the largest of its kind since the

Royal Academy retrospective in 1956 (020-7293 5000).