Thomas Blinks (1853-1910) British School FOXHOUNDS ON THE HUNT, 1885 19 x 30¼ inches / 24½ x 35½ framed Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left: “Thos Blinks 85” Thomas Blinks was a pre-eminent animal and sporting painter who lived in London and thrived in the late 19th century. He was skilled at capturing the movement of animals, showing a strong understanding of the anatomy of horses and hounds. Christopher Wood, a well known authority on Victorian artists, has called Thomas Blinks “one of the best Victorian painters of Foxhounds”. His paintings, executed in a highly finished style, often depict these dogs as they race through fields and over fences in pursuit of the fox. In FOXHOUNDS ON THE HUNT, the artist has portrayed more than thirty hounds, each with its own distinctive coloration and character. Paintings by Thomas Blinks were well received by the public and by his peers. He first exhibited at the Royal British Academy in 1882, and at the Royal Academy and Royal Institute of Oil Painters the following year. His hunting and racing pictures were regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy. He was commissioned by King George V, who was a patron, to paint the King on several occasions when he was out hunting. Works by Thomas Blinks are in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen, UK, the Leicester Museum and Galleries, Leichester, UK, Preston Manor, Brighton, UK, and Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Jersey. Sold - Private Collection Ojai, California

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