oil on board, 21 x 26 inches.
Christmas Time by Thomas Kirby Van Zandt
Thomas Kirby Van Zandt, born in New Scotland, Albany County, New York in 1814, was a well-known painter of the horses of wealthy New Yorkers, including Leland Stanford. The Stanford Museum has a half dozen of T.K. Van Zandt’s work in its collection.
In 1859 he was awarded a silver medallion for “Best Animal Painting in Oil” by the New York State Agricultural Society.
His son, William Garrett Van Zandt, was also known for his equine subjects. A second son, Bleecker (1855-1915) was a sculptor.
Thomas Kirby Van Zandt died in 1886.
