The Art of Frank Allnutt

The Appaloosa

This giclee print is of an original acrylic painting on sandstone by Frank Allnutt. It has been printed with pigmented inks in high-resolution on artist's canvas and museum-varnished to help protect against ultraviolet rays and humidity, and to preserve the color values for more than 100 years.

Canvases, in select sizes, are available flat, or stretched on wooden stretcher bars, with optional Hand-Crafted, Beetle-Killed Pine Frame similar to the one above. Frame adds approximately 6" to both height and width of stretched canvas. Flat canvas has a minimum two-inch white border to facilitate stretching, and is shipped rolled in a mailing tube.

Appaloosa: Original Acrylic Painting on Coloado Sandstone

Appox. Size: 9"h x 13" w
Includes easel.

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History of the Appaloosa

The appaloosa descended from the wild herds of mustangs that roamed the west following their introduction to North America by the Spanish in the 1700s. The hardy and colorful breed was especially prized by the Nez Perce Tribe, which bred them to preserve their markings—usually a "blanket" of white splattered with large, irregular spots on the rump. The agile horses had one other distinction: white around the irises of their eyes.

Early easterners who settled in the Nez Perce country of northern Idaho referred to the tribe's spotted horses as "Palouse horses," borrowing the name from the area's Palouse River. Over time, the name evolved into "Palousey," "Appalousey," and finally "Appaloosa."

On March 25, 1975 Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus signed a bill naming the Appaloosa as the state horse.

Today, the beautiful spotted horse is one of the most beloved of American horse breeds and can be found throughout the world, excelling in disciplines including western pleasure, games, working cow horse and dressage. Appaloosas are prized for their easy-going dispositions and their reliability as family horses. —Appaloosa Museum.