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  • I Thought About a Fawn

    Before I got Tyler, I thought about a fawn…

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    Audrey Hepburn with her Fawn, Pippen and Yorkie, Famous via Sugar + Meows

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    Stylish Kenyon Woman with her Pet Deer

     

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    Brigitte Bardot and Fawn via I Heart the Man in the Moon

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    Eloise Morris with her Dog and Fawn via Florida Memory

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    Happy Hours in Camp. G. and B.&M. Engineers Corps and Visitors Small group of men and women and two deer in front of a tent. Some of the men are playing musical instruments. 1889. via the Library of Congress by way of AngelFire

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    Life Magazine cover, August 23, 1948, woman with a Pet Deer via Old Life Magazines

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    Emmy Lee and her Pet Fawn via Emmy Lee's flickr site

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    Frida Kahlo and Fawn via The Little Deer

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    Women in Bed with Dog and Deer, Beverly Hills, 1927 via Abby Farson Pratt

    View my entire "Fawns" Pinterest board where there are more, lots more, photos of fawns.  I went a little deer crazy during my dog-less days.

    Also, Dog Art Today reader Peter Halston sent me Retronaut's post about Wild Pets: 1891 – 1971, which is very intriguing and makes me glad I chose a wild pet called a puppy.

     

  • Diego Rivera and a Xoloitzcuintli Dog

     

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    Diego Rivera Holding a Dog by Guillermo Zamora, 1940s

    I gasped when I discovered this photo last week.  I yelped when I read who it was.

    Via the Florence Arquin papers at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

  • Frida Kahlo and Her Dogs by Gisèle Freund

     

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    Frida Kahlo and Her Dogs by Gisèle Freund, 1948

    This photo is part of one of the best collections of dog art I have ever seen.   Visit the blog Weimar: Art and Modernity and have a look.

    Hat tip to reader Gary Ellis for sending me the link.

    Happy Cinco de Mayo.

  • Evie the Xolo and Muse

     

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    Jewel Waldrip is a frequent commenter (thank you, Jewel), an artist, and the only Dog Art Today reader I know who owns a Xoloitzcuintli dog.  You may not be familiar with the name but you have seen the breed before in this photo on Frida Kahlo and her dogs: 

     

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    Frida Kahlo and her Itzcuintli dogs by Lola Alvarez Bravo, 1944.

     

    The Aztecs considered Xolos sacred because they believed these dogs were needed by their masters’ souls to help them safely through the underworld. Today, they are the national dogs of Mexico.

    Jewel is endlessly inspired by her Xolo, Evie.  Here are some of my favorite works: 

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    Coraline Evie

     

     

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    Obama Evie

     

     

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    Psychedelic Evie

     

    Visit Jewel's All About Evie flickr site to see more.

  • Frida Kahlo & Her Dogs

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    Frida Kahlo and her Xoloitzcuintli dogs. Photograph c. 1944 by Mexican photographer Lola Alvarez Bravo.

    Via Merry & Happy, a Korean website great dog art finds, including some of mine.

  • Dennis Kucinich: Frida Kahlo’s Itzcuintli Dog and Me

     

    In case you haven't been paying attention, Rep. Dennis Kucinich is married to a stunning 6 foot tall, pierced-tongued young Brit named Elizabeth.  Her mother is a healer.   She frequents thrift stores for her wardrobe needs.  She worked with mother Theresa in India.   And she's 31 years younger than Kucinich.

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    I think he is perfectly depicted as this Itzcuintli Dog, standing proudly in the shadow of another statuesque, worldly woman, Frida Kahlo.

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    This 3000-year-old Mexican breed is thought to have mystical healing qualities and accompany souls to the next world.  Kucinich mirrors such mysticism through his friendship with Shirley MacLaine and his belief in UFOs.  He may be small in stature, but he's never afraid to stand strong for his often unpopular beliefs like his anti-war stance right from the start.  He's also not afraid to believe in the cosmic possibility of finding one's soul mate and falling in love in an unlikely, magical way.  Read more about his policies at Kucinich for President.

  • Frida Kahlo’s Centennial Celebration

     

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    Itzcuintli Dog With Me, 1938

    This month marks the 100th year since Frida Kahlo’s birth on July 6. Mexico city is honoring their native daughter by finally giving her the acclaim she deserves with the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes’s show, Frida Kahlo 1907-2007 National Homage. The exhibition features 354 works, including 65 oil paintings, 45 drawings, 11 watercolors, and 5 etchings, 50 letters, and more than 100 personal photographs.

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    Self Portrait with Small Monkey, 1945

    The last time her works were seen in this city, now gripped in the throes of Fridamania, was 1940 when she was part of a group Surrealist show. Later, she would vehemently deny she was a Surrealist, stating, “I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” — A reality that continues to enthrall fans (including dog art lovers) around the world and across centuries. Show runs until August 19.