About Cross Gate Gallery
Founded in 1974, Cross Gate Gallery is a leading source of the world’s finest sporting art. The Lexington based gallery specializes in equine-related art, and its impressive inventory ranges from 19th and early-20th- century classic works to contemporary paintings and sculpture. Greg Ladd, the gallery’s founder, parlayed an early interest in fine art and his love of thoroughbred racing into what would become one of world’s premier sporting art galleries. Early on, Ladd recognized that Lexington’s stature as the Horse Capital of the World made it an ideal locale to sell...Read More
Established in 19741stDibs seller since 2025
Featured Pieces
Heading to Post
By Quang Ho
Located in Lexington, KY
Ho came to America with his family at age 12 in 1975. His interest in art was apparent as early as age 3, and he graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1985 with the Best Po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Deux Chevaux de Course et Leurs Jockeys
By Henri (Comte) Geoffroy De Ruille
Located in Lexington, KY
Though talented enough to exhibit at the Paris Salon multiple years, works by the artist are rare. While the artist worked primarily in bronze, depicting equine scenes, he also produ...
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Plaster
Looking Him Over
Located in Lexington, KY
Skeaping began his formal artistic training at age 13 and was successful from an early age. This individualistic artist also served as an intelligence officer, traveled extensively, ...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Check at Tamboro
Located in Lexington, KY
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich, Young was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and served throughout World War I. He rose throu...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mr Martinson’s Nancy With Job Marson, Jr. Up and the Trainer Job Marson Sr. 1851
Located in Lexington, KY
The following is an account of the 1851 Goodwood Cup from the Sporting Magazine:
We have now arrived at the event of the day par excellence ...The Goodwood Cup, value 300 sovereign...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Young Windsor Grey
Located in Lexington, KY
Little is known about this fine painter except that he showed his work at the major exhibitions. His subjects ranged from sporting, coaching, and military scenes to still lifes and p...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Meet and the Kill
By John Frederick Herring Jr
Located in Lexington, KY
Known to his contemporaries as “Fred,” the junior Herring painted farm and equestrian scenes similar in subject matter and style to those of his father. His paintings are chiefly dis...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Prix de Paris, 1933 - Le Prix De Diane 1937 (a pair)
By Eugene Pechaubes
Located in Lexington, KY
Signed and inscribed.
The Prix de Diane, also known as the French Oaks, is a celebrated flat race held each June at Chantilly. Reserved for 3-year-old fillies, the race spans 2,10...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Watering Place
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Lexington, KY
Herring was a coach driver on the Doncaster-London route by trade when he began painting. His paintings so impressed the wealthy Frank Hawkesworth in 1818 that he was offered a year’...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Norman’s Rock
By Sir Alfred James Munnings
Located in Lexington, KY
Literature: Alfred Munnings, The Autobiography of Sir Alfred Munnings Vol. I, An Artist’s Life, London: Museum Press Limited, 1950.
This extraordinary and truly unique piece captur...
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia, on Horseback
By Conrad Freyberg
Located in Lexington, KY
Friedrich Leopold, Prince of Prussia (1865–1931) was the son of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia and Princess Maria Anna of
Anhalt-Dessau. Born in Berlin, he was a member of the H...
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Racing
By Randall Davey
Located in Lexington, KY
Randall Davey was an American artist and also an art educator. And his artwork can be found in museums throughout the US. He is known for his portraits, Still Lifes, and his equine p...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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