Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO Kt PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) is known as having been one of … 展开

Alfred Munnings was born on 8 October 1878 at Mendham Mill, Mendham, Suffolk, across the River Waveney from Harleston in Norfolk. The second of the four sons of the miller John Munnings (1839–1914), who was the tenth chi… 展开

Although he volunteered to join the Army, he was assessed as unfit to fight. In 1917, his participation in the war was limited to a civilian job outside Reading, processing tens of thousands of Canadian horses en route to France … 展开

His sporting art works have enjoyed popularity in the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere. As of 2007 , the highest price paid for a Munnings painting was $7,848,000 for The Red Prince Mare, far … 展开

Munnings wrote an autobiography in three volumes:
• An Artist's Life, London: Museum Press, 1950
• The Second Burst, London: Museum Press, 1951… 展开