Animal & Sporting Artists in America

Published by The National Sporting Library & Museum

Now in its second edition, this instant classic is the first comprehensive, scholarly reference work devoted solely to American animal and sporting painters and sculptors, chronicling the activities of artists in this country over a period of almost four hundred years. Presented alphabetically for practical purposes, the 2,385 artist biographies tell the story of our developing Nation through the animal and sporting artist’s eye. Animal & Sporting Artists in America shows how artists developed regional styles reflective of the diversity of our wildlife, the rich variety of our domestic animals, and the breadth of our national landscape. With almost one hundred color plates and over three hundred black and white images, many of which are previously unpublished, this volume is indispensable for those who wish to explore the evolution of the genre.

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Important Sporting Paintings & Sculpture, Vol. 4

Authors: F. Turner Reuter, Jr., Peter L. Villa, & Hannah R. Rothrock

Published November 2024
Red Fox Fine Art / Peter Villa Fine Art, LLC

We are pleased to present this fourth collaborative volume of fine sporting paintings and sculpture which illustrates the great diversity of country life and field sports pursued in Britain, France and America over the past three centuries.

 View a digital version of the catalog below.

2023 Winter Selections

Published January 2023
Red Fox Fine Art

We are pleased to present this catalog of winter selections. Spanning 150 years of animal and sporting art, this collection of paintings represents a variety of composition and style from American and European artists.

Pictures of British Country Life

Authors: F. Turner Reuter, Jr., Peter L. Villa, Hannah Rothrock

Published November 2022
Red Fox Fine Art / Peter Villa Fine Art, LLC

We are pleased to present this third collaborative catalogue of fine sporting paintings which illustrates the great diversity of British country life over the past two centuries.

Important Sporting Paintings & Sculpture, Vol. 2

Authors: F. Turner Reuter, Jr. &  Peter L. Villa

Published Summer 2020
Red Fox Fine Art / Peter Villa Fine Art, LLC

We are pleased to present this second collaborative volume of significant paintings and sculpture by artists who celebrate the essence of the field sports and country life. The selection of artworks in this catalogue is intended to illustrate these leading artists’ exceptional abilities and the perceptive interpretation of their subjects accomplished with unique styles and diverse mediums. View a digital version of the catalog below.

British Art: Paintings of Livestock, the Turf and the Field

Authors: F. Turner Reuter, Jr. &  Hannah Rothrock


Published Summer 2019 by Red Fox Fine Art / Second Edition, September 2019
 

We are pleased for you to view our electronic Exhibition Catalog British Art: Paintings of Livestock, the Turf and the Field. The majority of the works included in the exhibition are fresh to the market having recently come to us on consignment, either from estates or collectors who have downsized or shifted to different collecting pursuits.

Important Sporting Paintings & Sculpture, Vol. 1

Authors: F. Turner Reuter, Jr. &  Peter L. Villa

Published April 2018
Red Fox Fine Art / Peter Villa Fine Art, LLC

Forty years of shared enthusiasm for the field sports and country life has inspired our decision to publish this collaborative catalog. By coincidence of timing and through the contributions of a generation of like-minded collectors, we are able to offer exceptional examples by celebrated sporting painters and sculptors, spanning a period of over 250 years. View a digital version of the catalog below.

Blood Will Tell: Bird Dog Paintings by J.M. Tracy

Curator & Exhibition Catalog Author: F. Turner Reuter, Jr.
Exhibition: October 2-December 1, 2017
 

The objective of this exhibit and catalog is to once again underscore the importance of Tracy’s place in American Art and his understanding of the nation’s unique sporting traditions. Concurrently, Red Fox Fine Art has announced the John Martin Tracy catalog raisonne project which aims to record all know works by the artist, including prints, photogravures, and calendars after his originals. 

Please contact us to request the illustrated catalog or to contribute to the monograph. 

Munnings: Out in the Open

Contributing Curator & Consulting Editor: F. Turner Reuter Jr.

April 24 – September 15, 2013
National Sporting Library & Museum
Middleburg, Virginia 

A retrospective exhibition focusing on the en plein air paintings of Sir Alfred J. Munnings. A one-hundred thirty-six page exhibition catalog with nearly seventy color illustrations, 
© National Sporting Library & Museum, 2013.

Afield in America: 400 Years of Animal & Sporting Art

Exhibition Catalog

Guest Curator & Catalog Co-Author: F. Turner Reuter, Jr.

October 11, 2011 – May 10, 2012
National Sporting Library & Museum
Middleburg, Virginia 

A two-hundred, fifty-six page color catalog with one-hundred, fifty-two illustrations, © National Sporting Library & Museum, 2011. Includes iconic American artists, as well as recognized masters of the animal and sporting art genre. Works of other fine American sporting artists, which have long been esteemed by enthusiasts of the genre, but until recently were often overlooked by art historians, are also an important focus.

2022 Winter Selections

Published Winter 2022
Red Fox Fine Art

We are pleased to present this catalog of Winter Selections. Spanning 150 years of animal and sporting art, this collection of paintings represents a variety of composition and style from American and European artists.

2021 Fall Selections

Published Fall 2021
Red Fox Fine Art

We are pleased to present this catalog of Fall Selections. Spanning 150 years of animal and sporting art, this collection of paintings represents a variety of composition and style from American and European artists.