SinkMcElroy

My grandmother (Granny) painted two paintings that I would really like to know the titles of and who originally painted them.

The first one is of two horses at night with lightning in the background. The horse closer to you is has a lot of white in it, obviously a painted horse. The other horse behind it is reared up with mouth opened indicating it is neighing loud because of the thunder. That horse is a black thoroughbred. That is all I can remember of that painting. Oh! They are both running across the painting to your left.

The second painting is one she did for me that has gone missing. It is of a mallard or wood duck that has just taken off from the lake's water over in the lower left quadrant of the painting. On the right side is a tree, or two, hard to tell, and the theme is either before dusk or right after dawn. There are three or four indents of land from the left side of the painting opposite the darkly shaded tree(s).

If you know the name of one or both of these paintings I would appreciate it if you would let me know. Thank you.

By the way my maternal grandmother's name is Viola L. Duncan.

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I'm searching for that Picture of the horses to. Sounds like the same one. My mom called it Thunder and Lightning, though I cannot find any info on it. I also was told the picture was orginally black and white and color came later.

Hercules Brabazon

It seems there were a number of popular prints on the theme of a black horse and a white horse frightened by thunder, and the image was also used on banknotes. It is sometimes but by no means always known as "Spirited Horses." A detailed discussion can be found at http://community-2.webtv.net/AnneRed/HORSEPICTURE/ (follow the links at the bottom of that page for more variations and examples.) It suggests that the prints were derived from a painting by the French artist Alfred de Dreux, but the image seems to have taken on a life of it's own when it reached America.

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thanks for the web site it was a good help