{"id":75,"date":"2021-08-12T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T23:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2021-12-17T17:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T17:14:37","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"75\" class=\"elementor elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1d7eb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1d7eb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f606784\" data-id=\"5f606784\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d4ed697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d4ed697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":71} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-spacer\" style=\"height: 71px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:spacer --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-904 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-1024x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-1024x873.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-1400x1194.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-800x682.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004-600x512.jpg 600w, https:\/\/christinemcancelli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Self-Portrait-July-2012-004.jpg 1489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christine M. Cancelli (b. 1950 \u2013 ) is a renowned equine and sporting artist. She\u2019s had a long and varied career involving horses and art, and has been described as \u201cone of America\u2019s premier sporting artists.\u201d She started drawing at a very early age, copying the illustrations of Paul Brown, C.W. Anderson and Sam Savitt, which sparked her love of horses. At seventeen, she got a job as a junior graphic artist in NY City, then as one of a stable of artists creating original works of art for Karl Mann Associates, in his enormous loft on 6<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue & 13<sup>th<\/sup> Street. It was a terrific learning experience. She took a year off to travel in Europe, touring the great museums of Italy, France, England, and Spain. Although largely self-taught, she studied French Academic painting at the atelier of Michael Aviano, then portrait painting as John Howard Sanden\u2019s monitor at the Art Students League in New York City. She also learned to ride \u2013 in the heart of Manhattan! It wasn\u2019t long before her paintings began to reflect her lifelong love of horses, but finding equine subjects in the city wasn\u2019t easy. Carriage horses in Central Park were dreary and uninspiring. Eventually she discovered the sleek thoroughbreds racing at Aqueduct and Belmont Park, where she saw three Triple Crown winners in one decade. After seeing a retrospective of Sir Alfred Munnings at the Wildenstein Gallery in 1983, she was so inspired she quit her job to pursue a career as a sporting artist. She\u2019s never looked back!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5>Clients:<\/h5>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli has painted all types of horses, from Eclipse Award champions to backyard ponies. Her client list reads like a Who\u2019s Who of Turf and Field: Ralph Lauren, Mr. & Mrs. George Strawbridge, Mr. William Pape, Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Sheppard, Mrs. John B. Hannum, Mrs. Miles Valentine, Mrs. Betty Moran, Mr. Ogden Phipps, Jr., Ms. Jacqueline Mars, Mr. & Mrs. George Hundt, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Stover and Mr. & Mrs. Christian Huber.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli was specially commissioned to create original sporting pictures for Ralph Lauren\u2019s flagship stores in New York, Philadelphia and Tokyo, Japan. Her corporate clients include Polo\/Ralph Lauren, the USET, The National Steeplechase Association and Fair Hill International.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5>Exhibitions:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>2020 Hindsight: 40 Years of the American Academy of Equine Art, The National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA, 2021 \u2013 2022<\/li>\n<li>American Academy of Equine Art Fall Juried Exhibition, Middleburg, VA, 2019<\/li>\n<li>American Academy of Equine Art Fall Juried Exhibition, Tryon, NC, 2018<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVirginia Hunts,\u201d Invitational Exhibition, Morven Park, Leesburg, VA, 2018<\/li>\n<li>American Academy of Equine Art Fall Juried Exhibition, Aiken Center for the Arts, Aiken, SC., 2017<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Chronicle of the Horse in Art,\u201d The National Sporting Museum & Library, Middleburg, VA, 2016<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDogs In Art,\u201d Group Exhibition, Frost & Reed, New York, NY, 2006<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBest In Show,\u201d her international debut, Frost & Reed, London, England, 2005<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA Canine Exhibition,\u201d a two-artist exhibition at Frost & Reed, New York, NY, 2004<\/li>\n<li>A One-Man Equine Art Exhibition, The Kentucky Horse Park Museum, Lexington, KY, 1987,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli maintained a sporting art gallery in Saratoga Springs, New York for six summers, from 2004 \u2013 2008, and 2016. She exhibited regularly in Saratoga at Crossgate Gallery, Beresford Gallery and The Saratoga Gallery of Fine Art.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5>Publications:<\/h5>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli\u2019s paintings have appeared on the cover of the <em>The Chronicle of the Horse <\/em>nine times.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She illustrated \u201cFoxhunting, How to Watch & Listen,\u201d by Hugh Robards, published by Derrydale Press, as well as several children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She wrote and illustrated a foxhunting story, \u201cWhen a Day in January with Radnor Turns to Art,\u201d for <em>The Chronicle of the Horse,<\/em> as well as a review of the George Stubbs exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Her illustrations have been featured in <em>The New York Times <\/em>and<em> Reader\u2019s Digest, <\/em>(Full page Belmont\/Triple Crown cover, April 28. 1986) and articles about her work have appeared in<em> American Artist, Town & Country, Spur Magazine, Equine Images <\/em>and<em> The Hunt.<\/em> Her artwork can also be seen in \u201cA Centennial View,\u201d by John Strassburger, \u201cEquestrian Style,\u201d by Vicky Moon and \u201cA Bright Hunting Morn\u201d by Collin O\u2019Neil.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} --><\/p>\n<h5>Photography:<\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She was one of the NSA\u2019s official photographers from 1985-1990. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of numerous magazines, including the coveted spot on <em>Covertside<\/em>, the MFHA\u2019s official magazine.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:separator --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli has been a Signature Member of the Academy of Equine Art (AAEA) since 1993, and served on its board from 2017-2019. She\u2019s an Associate Member of The Pastel Society of America (PSA). She\u2019s also a member of Oil Painters of America (OPA).<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Cancelli lives on a small farm in New Jersey, where she maintains a studio. 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