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This Week from the Gallery ArchivesPlease note that the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum prohibits the use of images from its collection in public exhibition, broadcast, electronic reproduction or publication in any form without prior written permission from the institution. If you would like to reproduce any of the Art Gallery images in any form, contact us at 748-8291.
Evariste Vital Luminais (1822-1896), French History and national identity were closely entwined in nineteenth-century art. The French painter Evariste Vital Luminais made a career of painting imagined scenes of the ancient Gaul and Breton peoples, forebears of the modern French, In this composition, the horseman's rough tunic, helmet, and long hair identify him as an historic figure, one of the intrepid warriors whose lineage the French claimed. The dynamic diagonals of Luminais' scene are typical of his work and impart a sense of energy and vitality to his depiction of a wild horse being tamed.
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