Carle Vernet

Carle Vernet, a French painter and lithographer, famously captured the drama of horses, from rearing cuirassiers to wild fights.

ABOUT

Born Antoine Charles Horace Vernet in Bordeaux on August 14, 1758, Carle Vernet was immersed in art from a young age, the son of the renowned painter Claude-Joseph Vernet. Even as a child, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, a subject that would define much of his prolific career. He received formal training from his father and Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié, even winning the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1782. However, this early success was followed by a period o…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Fighting Animals 1758 · Cleveland Museum of Art Racing Scenes: A Horse Arriving at the Race (Scènes Hippiques: Cheval arrivant de la chasse) 1780 · Cleveland Museum of Art Chestnut Peddler 1780 · Cleveland Museum of Art Racing Scenes: The Race (Scènes Hippiques: La course) 1780 · Cleveland Museum of Art Suite de Chevaux: Cheval Arabe 1780 · Cleveland Museum of Art Racing Scenes: The Jockey Mounting the Horse (Scènes Hippiques: Le jockey montant a cheval) 1780 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Claude-Joseph VernetNeoclassicism

Influenced

Horace VernetRomanticism