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Called by the Wall Street Journal "one of the leading animaliers of this century",
Count Bernard de Claviere d'Hust became familiar with his subject, the dog, long before he
began to paint them. Born in Lyons, France in 1934, the Count raised and trained dogs while
enjoying many a hunt with them. Influenced greatly by Velasquez, Poussin, Rembrandt, Oudry
and Thomas Stubbs as well as the Italian
Renaissance painters, the Count describes himself as a painter who "sees the modern from a
classical perspective."
One of his most famous commissions was by the French government when they
commissioned him to paint Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II's favorite royal steed, Burmese,
to be presented to her as a gift from the French government. This now hangs in her majesty's
private collection. In 1993, Count de Claviere was commissioned to paint a series entitled
"Working Dogs of
the World" for Westervelt Press. Count de Clavière's fame as the preeminent artist of animals
will continue to spread as he turns his brush to creating the stunning Working Dogs of the World
series which will be reproduced and made available in absolutely limited edition serigraphs.
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