阿尔弗雷德芒宁斯在出生于1878年10月8日曼德汉目，萨福克，横跨河Waveney从哈尔斯顿在诺福克。他的父亲跑在曼德汉目江的水磨坊。十四岁时，他被送去诺维奇打印机，在未来六年设计和绘图广告海报，参加艺术学校诺维奇在他的业余时间。当他的学徒生涯结束后，他成为了一名全职画家。视线在他的右眼在1898年发生事故的损失并没有偏离他的决心作画，并在1899年他的两个图片在被证明皇家学院夏季展。他画的农村景象，频繁的科目，如吉普赛人[2]和马。他被关联纽林学校画家，虽然在那儿碰到佛罗伦萨卡特-伍德（1888年至1914年），一个年轻的女骑师和画家。他们于1912年1月19日结婚，但她试图自杀度蜜月，并在1914年这样做了。芒宁斯买城堡庄园，戴德姆，在1919年，它描述为“我梦想中的房子。” 他用房子和广泛毗邻工作室在他余下的职业生涯，并在开放的芒宁斯艺术博物馆在60年代初，经过芒宁斯的死亡。芒宁斯再婚，1920年; 他的第二任妻子是另一个女骑师，紫麦克布莱德。目前还没有从任何婚姻的孩子。虽然他的第二任妻子鼓励他接受来自社会的数字佣金，芒宁斯成为最适合他的画马闻名，他常常被描绘参与狩猎和赛马。

虽然他自愿参军，他被评为不合格的斗志。1917年，他参加战争仅限于外的平民工作阅读，处理成千上万的加拿大马途中法国-而且往往死亡。后来，他被分配到西线马再登车厂之一。芒宁斯'天赋在他的位置被雇用战争艺术家对加拿大骑兵旅的赞助下最大艾特肯在战争后期。在战争期间，他画了许多场景，其中包括通用的安装肖像杰克·西利战士于1918年（现在的收集加拿大国家美术馆，渥太华）。芒宁斯这个画布上工作从德国前几千仞线。当西利将军的部队被迫仓促撤军，艺术家发现是什么样子来了炮火。

芒宁斯也画Flowerdew的中队负责人于1918年在什么被称为“最后一位伟大的骑兵冲锋”的莫勒伊木之战，戈登Flowerdew被追授维多利亚十字领导主士达科纳的马（皇家加拿大人）在与根深蒂固的德国军队成功参与。

在加拿大的森林总队邀请芒宁斯参观他们的工作营，和他制作的素描，水彩和油画，其中包括马草案，木材厂在德勒的森林在法国于1918年马的这种作用是至关重要的，并在报; 事实上，马饲料被运到前面一些国家最大的单一商品。

在皇家学院的加拿大战争纪录展战争结束后，包括45芒宁斯“帆布的。
 

芒宁斯当选总统皇家艺术学院在1944年他被任命为下级勋位爵士在1944年， ，并任命一个皇家维多利亚时代骑士勋章司令在1947年新年荣誉。他的总统任期最出名的是在告别讲话中，他在1949年给了，他在其中攻击现代主义。广播是由几百万听众BBC电台的声音。一个明显喝醉芒宁斯声称的工作塞尚，马蒂斯和毕加索都败坏艺术。他回顾说，丘吉尔曾经对他说，“阿尔弗雷德，如果你结识了毕加索即将在街上，你会在蹬......什么东西和我一起？” 到芒宁斯说，他回答说：“是的先生，我会的。”

芒宁斯死在城堡庄园，戴德姆，埃塞克斯 1959年7月，17在他死后，他的妻子把他们戴达姆家成了他工作的博物馆。在曼德汉目村的酒吧后，他的名字命名，因为是街道那里。

芒宁斯被刻画多米尼克·库珀在片中夏季在二月，被发布在英国2013年这部影片是由一本小说改编乔纳森·史密斯。

Alfred Mannings was born on October 8, 1878, in Chinese eyes, Suffolk, across the river Waveney from harleston in norfolk. His father ran in the Han River water mill,. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to the Norwich printer in the next six years to design and draw advertising posters to attend art school in Norwich in his spare time. After his apprenticeship, he became a full-time painter. The loss of sight in his right eye in an accident in 1898 did not deviate from his determination to paint, and in 1899 his two pictures were shown in the Royal Academy Summer show. He painted rural scenes, frequent subjects, such as Gypsies and horse [2]. He was associated Newlyn school painter, although there met Florence Carter Wood (1888 - 1914), a young female jockey and painter. They got married in January 19, 1912, but she tried to commit suicide on a honeymoon and did so in 1914. Munnings buy Castle manor, Dedham, and in 1919, describing it as "my dream house." He used widely in his house and studio adjacent to the rest of the occupation career, and in the open munnings Art Museum in early 60s, after the death of munnings. Munnings remarried, 1920; his second wife was another female jockey, violet Mcbride. There are no children from any marriage. Although his second wife encouraged him to accept the commission from the digital society, become the most suitable for his munnings painting horse is famous, he was often depicted in hunting and horse racing.
Although he volunteered to join the army, he was judged to be unqualified. In 1917, he took part in the war outside the civilian work to read, to deal with thousands of Canadian horses en route to France - and often die. Later, he was assigned to the horse again one of the car factory. 'talent in his position munnings hired war artists under the sponsorship of the Canadian cavalry brigade Aitken at the end of the war. During the war, he painted many scenes, including the installation of the general portrait of Jack Sealy fighters in 1918 (now the collection of The National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada). The canvas munnings from Germany before thousands of yards line. When Seeley general troops were forced to a hasty withdrawal, the artist found what it was like to fire.
Flowerdew also painted munnings squadron leader in 1918 in what is called "the last great cavalry charge" Mo Leyimu battle, Gordon Flowerdew was posthumously awarded the Vitoria cross leading horse (Royal Kona main Roth in Canada) and ingrained German army involved in the success of.
They visited the work camp in the Canadian forest Corps invited munnings, and he made a sketch, watercolor and oil painting, including draft horse, wood plant in his forest in France in 1918 this horse is very important, and in the newspaper; in fact, horse feed was transported to the front of the largest single commodity in some countries.
In Canada the war record after the end of the war the Royal Academy exhibition, including 45 "munnings canvas.

Munnings was elected president of Royal College of Art in 1944 he was appointed knight bachelor in 1944, and appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Vitoria times in honor of 1947 new year. His presidency is best known for his farewell speech, which he gave in 1949, in which he attacked modernism. Radio is the voice of millions of listeners on BBC radio. A clearly drunk claimed by the work of Cezanne munnings, Matisse and Picasso are corrupt art. He recalled that Churchill had said to him, "Alfred, if you get to know that Picasso is going to be in the street, what would you do with me?"" To munnings said, he replied: "yes sir, I will."
Munnings died in castle manor, Dedham, Essex, in July 1959 17, after his death, his wife Dadam, their home became his work museum. In the village of Han Mande orders after the bar, his name, because there is a street.
Munnings portrayed Dominic Cooper in the film in the summer of February, was released in the UK in 2013 this film is adapted from a novel by Jonathan Smith.