FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
SIDELINES OCTOBER 2012 99
By Kay Laake
Renowned equine artist Frédérique “Freddie” Lavergne, of Bayonne
France, won the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse
Association’s (IALHA) art contest and her work “Amazone” will be
featured on the cover of their 2012 National Championship Show and
Foundation Celebration program cover. Freddie is a renowned equine
artist with works in many museums and exhibitions throughout the
world.
With a father who rode and a mother who designed, Freddie was
born into a world inhabited by horses and fashion sketches. Before
she could speak, drawing pictures became her language. Her family
would visit their horses at Rambouillet forest near Paris and the young
artist would stay near the stable while her parents rode, learning to
draw horses.
“I paint horses frst because I feel a strong link to them,” she said.
“When I paint I am absent from this world. I don’t talk a lot and I realized
very young that horses talk with their soul. I fnd them beautiful, of
course, but I am fascinated by their powerful soul, by their generosity
to humans. They have a symbolic force and, from my convictions, they
are able to go from one world to another, from our human world to the
one of invisible. That’s why they help us to know who we are.”
Through the IALHA’s art contest, Freddie’s work will be included
in an online auction designed to showcase and promote her talent
while helping raise funds to help support the IALHA. The opportunity
to bid on “Amazone” is available at www.IALHA.org. To see more of
her work, visit www.frederiquelavergne.com.
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Art
French Artist Wins Andalusian
and Lusitano Art Contest
“Amazone” by Frédérique Lavergne, of Bayonne France.