Voss Family of Sporting Artists
From: August 29 at 10 AM
To: February 28 at 4 PM
Art Exhibition, “The Voss Family: Artists of American Sporting Life,” National Sporting Library, August 29, 2008 – February 28, 2009, Tues. – Fri. 10-4, Sat. 1-4, 102 The Plains Rd., Middleburg, Va., www.nsl.org, Free, 540-687-6542 x 10.
Organized by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and curated by Ms. Gregory R. Weidman, this exhibition features paintings, sculptures, and works-on-paper by members of this prominent American family of sporting artists. Franklin Brooke Voss (1880-1953) was one of the foremost equestrian artists of the twentieth century, painting such champions of American flat racing such as Man o’War, Seabiscuit, and War Admiral. Franklin Voss also depicted steeplechase races, foxhunting, and coaching, and was also a noted dog portraitist.