Charlie Langton

British, born 1983

Charlie Langton is one of the most sought-after equine artists of our time. His commitment to the Classical principles of the old masters underscored by a deep understanding of equine anatomy and a love for the horse, renders his work accurate and true to life.

“My ambition with every work is to sculpt the character, the presence, the movement and the likeness of the horse so that fleeting spark of excitement, passion and beauty can endure. How has the breed evolved in the last 300 years? How interesting would it be to be able to stand Eclipse next to Shergar? Sculpting a portrait of a great horse can be an accurate historical record of the bloodline as well as a work of art”.

Langton’s first major large-scale commission was his over life-size bronze tribute to four-time Gold Cup Winner Yeats in the parade ring at Ascot Racecourse. The piece was unveiled by Her Majesty The Queen on the opening day of Royal Ascot in 2011 when Charlie was just 26. In 2017 Langton completed another monumental bronze Mare and Foal, commissioned to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday, which stands at Newmarket.

Langton has produced life-size commissions of the greatest racehorses and stallions in the thoroughbred racing world, among which are Sadler’s Wells, Montjeu, Galileo, Goldikova, Giant’s Causeway, Fastnet Rock, Yeats, Treve, American Pharaoh, Justify and Winx as well as the Pegasus for the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. He also collaborated with Asprey to create the silver Derby and Oaks Perpetual trophies for the Epsom festival. Charlie continues to work on life-size commissions of the world’s best racehorses.

His other commissions include a 1/6 life-size Bronze of ‘Emma’ for Queen Elizabeth II, and a 1/6 life-size Bronze of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Fell Pony ‘Nevis’ for the Duchess of York. He has also completed smaller bronzes of thoroughbreds Stradivarius, Starman, Altior and Long Run as well as his own series of informal equine bronzes.

It is said the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man, and horsemen the world over will confirm that the outside of a great horse is something very special indeed. It is this feeling that Charlie seeks to capture through his work.