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Tag: portrait

  • Ann Morgan/Elsie de Wolfe Portrait

     

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    Portrait of Ann Morgan on Elsie de Wolfe's Body, artist unknown

    Via 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.

  • Tim Storrier + Smudge Win the Archibald Prize

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    Tim Storrier with Smudge and The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch). Photo credit: Jane Dempster

    Last week, artist Tim Storrier won the the Archibald Prize, Australia's most important portraiture contest established in 1921. He credits his dog Smudge with helping his faceless self-portrait take the top honors and $75,000 in prize money.  Read the full story at The Australian.

    Here is the prize-winning portrait…

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    The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch) by Tim Storrier

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    The Wayfarer by Hieronymous Bosch, 1510

    See an interview with Tim Storrier and view all the finalists at The Sydney Morning Herald's website.

    Tim Storrier's website.

  • Gainsborough Estimate: Almost $8 Million

     

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    Portrait of Colonel John Bullock by Thomas Gainsborough, 1780s

    This Portrait of Colonel John Bullock by Thomas Gainsborough will be auctioned at Christie's Old Masters and British Paintings Sale in London on July 5.  It is estimated to sell for $5,596,500 – $7,995,000.

    I thought it only fair to include some Redcoat dog-love before I feature early American dog art tomorrow in honor of our Revolution.

    Via Christie's.

  • Johnny and Glory by Richard Brazier

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    Normally, I am not a big fan of naked man feet paired with a suit, but this painting by British contemporary artist Richard Brazier is quite remarkable, reminiscent of Lucien Freud, but by no means derivative.

    Discovered on Rita’s Dog Blog, written by a dog with great taste and an amazing dog art collection.

    Related Links:
    Lucien Freud’s Dog Art

  • Darby Portrait by Heather LaHaise

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    Heather LaHaise, whom I featured on Dog Art Today back in August, just sent me an email of this exquisite portrait she did of Darby my Dachshund.  What a wonderful surprise! 

    Heather, thank you so much for this kind gesture.  I absolutely love it.  You totally captured his sweet, earnest expression and his soft velvety, gorgeous brown coat.   Wonderful!

    Visit Heather's website to order your own LaHaise original.

  • Scotties & Mutts: Art Paw Free Pet Portrait Contest!

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    Rebecca Collins of Art Paw is giving away a free pet portrait to Scottie and Mutt owners.  One day only!  Click here to enter.

  • Pawsterpieces: Go For The Gold!

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    The winner of the Westminster Dog Show gets a lovely silver bowl.  I know it’s tradition, but don’t our dogs deserve gold?  Amy and Geoff Mitchell think so. 

    The L.A. couple behind a new pet portrait company called Pawsterpieces has come up with a gorgeous method of presenting your favorite pet photo on a gold leaf background.  This exclusive process imbues each portrait with a shimmering timeless quality that makes it the perfect keepsake for you or gift for the pet lover in your life.  Because, face it, everyone thinks their pet is the best in the world.  And the best in the world deserves nothing less than gold.  Ask anyone on the way to Beijing.

    Amy has generously offered all Dog Art Today readers a 20% discount on any of their products if you mention you read about them here.  They have several sweet options (below).  Also, they can work with any photo you send them, but are happy to include a photo shoot your dog, cat, lizard, bird or horse to start the Pawsterpiece process.

    And finally, don’t be afraid of investing in gold, their prices are very reasonable.

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    Close up of process

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    Close up of the watercolor effect they achieved

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    Chose the handmade frame option

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    Oval frame option

    To find out more, visit their website.

  • Attention Art Collectors; Jennifer Davis is Clearing Out Her Studio!

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    Prolific and wildly talented artist Jennifer Davis has 21 original artworks for sale now on Etsy. All are thoroughly captivating and reasonably priced for this highly collected artist. And some include dogs, for example Blip (above) and Portrait (below).

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    Pomp (below) is featured on her website.

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    Want to see more of Jennifer’s collages and paintings? She is currently showing works at Gallery 360 in Minneapolis (where she lives) and at Aidan Savoy Gallery’s Clear Blue Sky Summer Goup Show in NYC. Want more? Visit mn.org, the Minnesota Arts website where Davis has 583 pieces posted. I’m completely in awe!