Landscape with a Horse
- Artist
- Edward Middleton Manigault, Canadian (active United States), 1887–1922
- Date
- 1912
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 334
- Dimensions
- 27 × 33 in. (68.6 × 83.8 cm)
framed: 36 1/2 × 42 in. (92.7 × 106.7 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of John and Susan Horseman, in honor of Melissa Wolfe, Curator of American Art
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 105:2019
NOTES
The golden, glowing sky sets the tone for this visionary scene. A horse, castle, and foliage emerge from the darkened, jewel-toned landscape, whose trees cast anxious silhouettes. Edward Middleton Manigault is known for his insistent experimentation. His works are remarkable for their decorative sense and imaginative, otherworldly spirit, as seen here.
Manigault later served as an ambulance driver in World War I (1914–1918), where he was exposed to mustard gas. In the years following his discharge, he began fasting as an attempt to “approach the spiritual plane and see colors not perceptible to the physical eye.” This practice exacerbated his poor health, and at the age of 35 he collapsed and died.