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The living quality of the horses in Arnold Friberg’s paintings comes from his fascination with both the large and the tiny anatomical features that affect each action of the horse, whether it be standing, drinking, walking, or galloping across the frontier. Friberg is an artist that believed strongly in the study of anatomy which many art schools objected too.
“I want to show the bones, the tendons, the muscles, and the blood vessels…this is all structure. There are some tiny ligaments, almost like straps or band-aids, wrapped over another muscle just to hold it so it doesn’t slip off the bone. They are so very thin that you almost never see them, except when the horse moves just a tiny bit, causing a slight strain. Then these little strap ligaments actually show up through the thick hid of the animal, and it’s fun to know what they are.”
September 5th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
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