Painting Masters at Folkestone
CONSTABLE & STUBBS paintings are to be offered amongst others by Kent Auction Galleries Ltd at Folkestone. 
Even those uninterested in the art world have heard of these masters Saturday 4th June brings a rare opportunity to view and purchase two paintings by our British Masters in Folkestone. An oil on board panel entitled “Horse Frightened by a Snake” by Stubbs with an estimate of £3,000 - £5,000 along with a Seascape by John Constable RA from the collection of Sir Bruce Ingram estimated £2,000 - £4,000.
George Stubbs best known for his painting of horses and conversation pieces, his pictures of horses are among the most accurate ever painted due to his studies of the anatomy. Born in Liverpool, the son of a leather worker, and he spent his early career in the north, painting portraits and developing his interest in anatomy. In the later 1740s he lived in York and supplied the illustrations for a treatise on midwifery. Following a brief visit to Rome in 1754 he settled in Lincolnshire, where he researched his major publication, 'The Anatomy of the Horse', about 4 years later he moved to London, which remained his base. 
His paintings were purchased by many of the noblemen who founded the Jockey Club which regulates horse racing. One of his clients included Gainsborough and some of his paintings can be found in enamel on Wedgwood earthenware plaques.
Constable is famous for his landscapes, which are mostly of the Suffolk countryside, where he was born and lived. During his lifetime Constable failed to wow the British crowds instead he turned to Paris for customers, but today his paintings are loved by us Brits!
The paintings were brought into Kent Auction Galleries Ltd (a UK Auctioneer), by a lady from Deal who had inherited them from her father who had purchased them in the 1970’s
Source: Kent Auction Galleries Ltd at Folkestone