Lucy Kemp-Welch 1869-1958: The Life and Work of Lucy Kemp-Welch, Painter of Horses

Over the course of a long and very successful career spanning the first half of the 20th century, Lucy Kemp-Welch established herself as one of the leading equestrian painters at work in the UK and one of the country’s best-known women artists. David Boyd Haycock’s new, extensively illustrated biography of Kemp-Welch brings this remarkable artist and her work back into sharp focus.

Born in 1869, Kemp-Welch first came to the art establishment’s attention in 1897 when her immense painting, C...