“Dogs in Art,” a three-minute video celebration of 5,000 years of canine art was inspired by Philip Scott Johnson’s “Women in Art” video.
Music: Parlez-Moi D’Amour by CharlElie Couture from “The Moderns” soundtrack by Mark Isham available here
Scroll down to view the 60 works of art.
Anubis, Ancient Egypt, c. 3000 B.C
Herakles & Kerberos, Ancient Greece, 530 B.C.
Le Livre de la Chasse, 1405 -1410
Two Hunting Dogs Tied to a Tree Stump by Jacopo Bassano, 1548
Portrait of the Spaniel of the Infanta Maria Josefa de Bourbon by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1763
Neptune by Edwin Landseer, 1824
Vintage Boston Dog Show Poster, artist unknown, 1890
Waterloo by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, 1903
Brindle French Bull Dog Head Study with Collar by Monica Gray, early 20th century
Portrait of a Terrier by John Emms, 1903
A Lady of Quality by William Frank Calderon, 1913
Pointy by John Singer Sargent, early 1880s
Optician’s Sign by Jean Léon Gérôme, 1902
Boy With Dog by Pablo Picasso, 1905
Nude in Bathtub by Pierre Bonnard, 1941-1946
Portrait of Stanley by David Hockney, 1995
#10 (Dachshund) by Brooke Bradford Churchill
Bassett Hound by Charley Harper
Ginger by Andy Warhol, 1976, private collection; courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York
Girl with a White Dog by Lucian Freud, 1951
Self Portrait with Small Monkey by Frida Kahlo, 1945 (Itzcuintli)
Pink Chihuahua by Sheila Cameron, 2004
Bear Walls by George Rodrigue, 1997
Minnie by Moira McLaughlin, 2007
RCA postcard by Chrissy Wilson, 2007
Gypsey by Petcasso aka Luis Ramos
Nora by Christine Merrill, 1994
Camorran by Camilla Engman
Q by Matthew Rose
Blue/Blanc/Rouge by Peter Clark
Emmitt the Pug by Melissa Langer
180 Degrees by Wayde Owen
Frankie by Linda O’Neill, Abby Creek Studios
Grrrrrrrrrrr! By Roy Lichtenstein, 1965
Il Penseroso by David Terry
Radio Flyer by Bill Tosetti
Gus by Natalie Cartner of Dogography
Golden Retriever by Amy Turner
A Lucky Dog by Stephen Huneck
Zorro by Marion Evamy
Roy Speaks by Ron Burns
Bella by Rebecca Collins
Obey the Black Lab by Kevin McCormick
Fashion Dog by Lisa Oxley
Patience by Ken Bailey
Sasha by Rachelle Oatman
Beware of Dog, by Birju, Nepal
Schnauzer by John W. Golden
Westie by Oliver Lett
Logan by Moira McLaughlin
Pomp by Jennifer Davis
Lulu by Zara Wood, 2006
Ain’t Like It Used To Be by Chris Mostyn, 2007
Rex and the Aliens by Kristian Olson, 2005
Top Dog by Ronald Kuniawan
Dog Dream by Kaz Maslanka
World’s Minimum Dog by Ten do Ten, 2005
Several photos are from the beautiful book Best in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today
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