Alfred Munnings
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Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO Kt PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) is known as having been one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War Memorials Fund after the Great War, he earned several prestigious commissions, which made him wealthy. Between 1912 and 1914 he was a member of the Newlyn School of artists. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Olympics, the 1932 Summer Olympics, and the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
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Born | Alfred James Munnings (1878-10-08)8 October 1878 Mendham, Suffolk, England |
Died | 17 July 1959(1959-07-17) (aged 80) Dedham, Essex, England |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Newlyn School |
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Munnings was president of the Royal Academy of Arts from 1944 until 1949, when he was succeeded by Sir Gerald Kelly.