Backing winners
Jul 28, 2021
3 minutes
Huon Mallalieu
IN one of his final columns () my predecessor Frank Davis admitted: ‘I am no racegoer, and never have been. I expect that is why I am so often bored by the many fine pictures by which Munnings made his name and his fortune.’ However, he added: ‘What I do admire beyond measure is Munnings’s early work, in which he shows himself not merely skilful, but completely at home at country fairs and with country people.’ It was a watercolour of a Norfolk horse fair that had sparked his enthusiasm, as
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