Ann Collins

Last updated • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Ann Collins Evans
Born
Ann Collins

April 29, 1916
Lyons, New York
DiedJanuary 6, 1999
Lyons, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationLyons Central School, Syracuse University
Known forShe was an artist of thoroughbred racehorses.
SpouseLaramie Evans

Ann Collins, also known as Ann Collins Evans (April 29, 1916 – January 6, 1999), [1] was an American artist of thoroughbred racehorses.

Contents

Personal life

Ann Collins was born in Lyons, New York. [2] Her father went to Colorado for his health and worked for a timber operations as an overseer soon after she was born. She lived with her parents, Cornelius and Lisetta, and older sister, Ellen. [3] She grew up in a remote area of Colorado where buffalo ran wild on the 25 mile tract of land. At four years of age was given a pony. She was breaking in colts and riding any horse on the tract by the time she was eight years old. She began drawing ponies as a young girl and at the age of 14 went to school at Mount St. Scholastica Academy, a Benedictine convent in Cañon City, Colorado. [4] Her father's health improved and the family returned to Lyons. [3] In 1934, she graduated from Lyons Central School. [2] She studied art at Syracuse University. [1] [3] Her professors encouraged her to pursue oil painting and two years later had her first exhibit on the lawn of the Saratoga gambling casino, Piping Rock, which her father ran with Red Dywer. [3] Col. E.R. Bradley, owner of four Kentucky Derby winners, bought one of her paintings there and launched her career.

She married Laramie Evans with whom she had a daughter, Larry Ann Evans. [1] She lived in many places during her life and returned to Lyons, New York in 1975, where she died in 1999. [5]

Career

Collins began painting thoroughbred racehorses in the 1930s. [2] In 1941, she won first prize for Bronco at the Finger Lakes exhibition in northern New York. [3] She became interested in painting racing colts in Florida at Hialeah and at Oriental Park in Havana. Collins held an exhibition in 1941 at Saratoga, New York, and sold paintings to Al Sabath and Col. E. R. Bradley. She then painted Alsab, who won the Narragansett in the fall of 1942, for Sabath. [3] To complete a painting, she researched the horse, visited its stable, and sketched the horse and any distinctive marks. Collins used vivid colors and illustrated the effects of sun and wind in her works. It took about a month to complete her realistic paintings that captured the horses personalities. In the early 1940s she worked in her Lyons, New York studio. [3]

Alsab winning over Whirlaway at Narrangasett Park, Rhode Island, painted by Ann Collins, 1942 Narragansett Park, R.I., Championship Match Race, Alsab winning over Whirlaway. September 19, 1942 (74630).jpg
Alsab winning over Whirlaway at Narrangasett Park, Rhode Island, painted by Ann Collins, 1942

Collins was hired by trainers, breeders and racehorse owners. The more than 75 racehorses that she painted through the 1980s include: [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Funny Cide</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (2000–2023)

Funny Cide was an American Thoroughbred champion racehorse who won the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He was the first New York-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. He was a popular horse and remained a fan favorite in retirement at the Kentucky Horse Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Exterminator (horse)</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Exterminator was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse, the winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby and in 1922 Horse of the Year honors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whirlaway</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Whirlaway was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the fifth winner of the American Triple Crown. He also won the Travers Stakes after his Triple Crown sweep to become the first and only horse to win all four races.

The Jockey Club is the breed registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States and Canada. It is dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing and fulfills that mandate by serving many segments of the industry through its subsidiary companies and by supporting numerous industry initiatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney</span> American businessman

Cornelius "Sonny" Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, government official, writer and philanthropist. He was also a polo player and the owner of a significant stable of Thoroughbred racehorses.

The Whitney Stakes is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses four years of age and older run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles. The current purse is $1,000,000.

La Troienne (1926–1954) was one of the most famous and influential Thoroughbred broodmares in twentieth century America. She produced 10 winners including two Hall of Fame inductees while at stud, while her daughters in turn produced many notable offspring. In 2000, pedigree expert Janeen Oliver designated her as the taproot of family 1-x, a designation that was implemented by the Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database in 2003. Recent matrilineal descendants include 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft, Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail (2020), Kentucky Derby winners Smarty Jones (2004) and Super Saver (2010), Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality (2021), and Sussex Stakes winner Alcohol Free (2021).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bimelech</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Bimelech was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who won two Triple Crown races and was a Champion at both age two and three. He was ranked #84 among U.S. racehorses of the 20th century. After retiring to stud, he sired 30 stakes winners and his daughters produced 50 stakes winners.

Kiaran P. McLaughlin is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for training 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basil James</span> American jockey

Basil B. James was a two-time American National Champion jockey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alsab</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Alsab (1939–1963) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

Edward Riley Bradley was an American steel mill laborer, gold miner, businessman and philanthropist. As well as a race track proprietor, he was the preeminent owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in the Southern United States during the first three decades of the 20th century. Testifying before a United States Senate committee in April 1934, Bradley identified himself as a "speculator, raiser of race horses and gambler". He appeared on the cover of Time magazine on May 7, 1934. In the year 2000, the Florida Department of State honored him as one of their Great Floridians.

Mary Elizabeth Whitney Person Lunn Tippett was a wealthy American socialite and philanthropist who was a champion horsewoman and for more than fifty years, a prominent owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.

Busanda (1947–1968) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best remembered as the dam of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Buckpasser.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Artful</span> American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Artful (1902–1927) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

The American Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) based in Lexington, Kentucky is a trade organization for Thoroughbred racehorse owners and breeders. Founded in 1961, the TOBA's stated mission is to "improve the economics, integrity and pleasure of the sport on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John E. Madden</span> American racehorse owner

John Edward Madden was a prominent American Thoroughbred and Standardbred owner, breeder and trainer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He owned Hamburg Place Stud in Lexington, Kentucky and bred five Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winners.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Master Charlie</span> British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Master Charlie was a championship thoroughbred American race horse born in Great Britain in 1922, from the line of the famed New Zealand horse Carbine . He was purchased for $1,000 in 1923 by turfman William Daniel of Chicago.

Lisa's Booby Trap is an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Tim Snyder, a trainer at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York, near Rochester. She is best known for the story surrounding her name, as she was named for her owner-trainer's deceased wife, Lisa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Winkipop</span> British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Winkipop (1907–1931) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1910 1,000 Guineas Stakes and Coronation Stakes. She raced briefly at age four and was retired from racing in 1911. As a broodmare, she produced the good racers Plymstock and Blink before she was exported to the United States in 1927. Winkipop died in 1931 at the Mereworth Stud near Lexington, Kentucky.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ann Collins Evans" (obituary notice), Pueblo Chieftain, January 08, 1999 Archived 2013-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ann Collins Evans". Pride of Lyons Alumni Award, Lyons Central School. Retrieved February 24, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ann Collins is Tops in Putting Racers on Canvas; Artist Parents Saw Genius". The Milwaukee Journal. October 12, 1942. p. 24. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 EVANS, LARRY ANN. "WAY BACK WHEN IN WAYNE COUNTY: Noted horse painter from Lyons". Finger Lakes Times. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ↑ "Obituary for Ann Evans Collins (Aged 82)". Democrat and Chronicle. 1999-01-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  6. ↑ Reilly, Kellie (2020-01-17). "Historical Cameo - Alsab". Brisnet. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.