Boy with a Dog by Edouard Manet, 1861
Via Joshua Abelow at Art Blog Art Blog.
Category: 19th Century Dog Art
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A Couple Seated on the Beach with Two Dogs by Eugène Boudin
A Couple Seated on the Beach with Two Dogs by Eugène Boudin, 1865Via the National Gallery of Art.
Hat tip to Dog Art Today reader, Peter Halston.
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The Beach at Villerville by Eugène Boudin
The Beach at Villerville by Eugène BoudinHat tip to Dog Art Today reader Peter Halston for introducing me to Eugène Boudin (1824-1898), one of the first French landscape artists to paint outside. What a revolutionary idea.
This weeknd take your dog and your sketchbook and watch the sunset.
Enjoy your Memorial Day.
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Ann Morgan/Elsie de Wolfe Portrait
Portrait of Ann Morgan on Elsie de Wolfe's Body, artist unknownVia interior designer Gaye Tapp's exquisite blog, Little Augury. This portrait is one of the pieces from Tapp's Tastemaker Tag Sale at One King's Lane from Albert Hadley's estate. Described as follows:
Gouache on canvas portrait of Elsie de Wolfe with a contemporary mirrored frame. Indistinctly signed, dated XXVII. Mr. Hadley showed this piece to Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe) through a dealer friend and was invited to one of her famous white cocktails two days later. Elsie confirmed it was Anne Morgan's head on her body but said, "I'll say it's me." Featured in Elle Decor June/July 2003, p. 154; Elle Decor Feb/March 2000, p. 128. Sitting Room, New York.
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Nannies’ Promenade by Pierre Bonnard
Nannies' Promenade by Pierre Bonnard, 1895-1899This four-panel screen, color lithograph depicts nannies tending to children playing with hoops and dogs at the the Tuileries Gardens near the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In a letter to his mother Bonnard referred to this screen as "the eighth wonder of the world." I agree.
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Geraldine R. Dodge Collection at William Secord Gallery
Beb by George EarlWilliam Secord always has a something special during the week of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in NYC. This year, over 150 animal-themed works (mostly dogs) from the Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Collection are on view at his gallery. Sales from the exhibition benefit the organization founded by Mrs. Dodge in 1939, Saint Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey.
Mrs. Dodge is a legend in the purebred dog world. She founded the Morris and Essex Kennel Club in 1927, and bred and imported some of America’s most important English Cocker Spaniels, German Shepherds, Bloodhounds, Pointers, Setters and Schipperkes, among others. She is also the first woman to judge Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. You can view the exhibition online. Here are some of my favorites:
Donald by Reuben Ward Binks
Captain, Corporal, Charm, and Cling by Reuben Ward Binks
English Setter & Pointer in the Field by Gustav Muss-Arnolt
Laying Down the Law by Edwin LandseerThe Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Collection at William Secord Gallery runs until March 24, 2012.
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NYC Dog-Art Tour
Howling Canine, 5th or 6th Century Mexican Ceramic at the MetIn honor of the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show that starts on Monday, Randy Kennedy of The New York Times takes readers on a dog-art tour of New York City. He has some nice picks spanning sevearal centuries, continents, and mediums, but my favorite aspect of his article is that he’s settled for me my own style guide quandary, something I’ve debated since I began this blog almost five years ago; dog-art has a hyphen. Read Kennedy’s article Sit. Stay. Good Art.
2.12.12 Update: Oops. Dog art is not automatically hyphenayted. Thank you dog artist Leslie Moore for this clarification:
A quick grammatical note from a recovering English teacher: dog art should be hyphenated when the two words are both adjectives modifying a noun, i.e. when Randy Kennedy describes New York City as a “dog-art town.” When the single adjective “dog” modifies the noun “art,” no hyphen is necessary.
Boy with a Greyhound by Paolo Veronese, 1570s at The Met
Miss Mary Edwards by William Hogarth, 1742 at The FrickA Woman with a Dog by Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1769 at The Met
Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare by Gustave Courbet, 1857 at The MetBoodgie and Stanley by David Hockney, 1993 at The Morgan Library & MuseumHat tip to my mom, and dog artists Barbara Grossman, and Natalie Timm for sending me links to this article.
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The Pride of Columbus Tobacco Label
So many things offend in this 1866 tobacco label: the native American genuflecting to an exalted Christopher Columbus, a dog, three monkeys, and a rabbit smoking tobacco in a tree branch, "pride" in one of the deadliest crops known to man. But, it is reaffirming that attitudes and policies can change. And they do. It just may take 100 years.
Have a nice day off.
Via the Library of Congress.
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Edwin Landseer: Portrait of the Artist with Two Dogs
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Portrait of the Artist with Two Dogs by Edwin Landseer, 1865Sir Edwin Landseer, 1803 – 1873, was a favorite of Queen Victoria and one of the greatest dog painters of all time. This self-portrait was a gift to King Edward VII. It is now part of Britain's Royal Collection.
Today, I am going to help my sister, Sheila Cameron, teach self-portrait painting to 12 high school girls at The Friendship Club. I am going to share this painting to show the girls that self-portraits can include what inspires you, and they can have a sense of humor. This one makes me smile.
