Patience, young grasshopper! (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper.
~Sand and Foam by Kahlil Gibran http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500611h.html

Because grasshoppers have such powerful jumping legs, people sometimes don’t realize that they also have wings. Grasshoppers use their jumping ability to give them a boost into the air but most are pretty strong fliers and make good use of their wings to escape predators.
~FROM https://www.thoughtco.com/fascinating-facts-about-grasshoppers-1968334

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1. Sculpture of a Grasshopper, Mexico, 1300 / Stone / Barakat Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2. The Plague of Grasshoppers, Germany, c.1400 / Getty Museum Collection, California

3. Still life with fruits, a grasshopper and a butterfly by Maria Sibylla Merian, c.1670 / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

4. Locusta Germanica.Tab XXIV by Rosel von Rosenhof, c.1746 / Engraving with hand coloring / Pictura Antique Prints, The Netherlands

5. Freshwater Jar with Procession of Grasshoppers, by Makuzu Kōzan I, c.1870/80s / Stoneware with wood lid and ivory knob / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

6. Grasshopper and sunflower by Shibata Zeshin, c.1877 / Woodblock print / Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

7. French Art Deco Grasshopper Hood Ornament, c.1920s / Bronze on Bakelite Plinth / Deco Interiors, Gloucestershire, UK

8. Corsage Brooch with Grasshoppers by René Lalique, c.1920 / Molded glass, nickel silver, marcasite, and pigmented resin / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

9. Grasshopper by M.C Escher, 1935 / Wood engraving / Limited edition, various collections

10. Dog and grasshopper, 1930 / Porcelain / Musée National Adrien Dubouche, Limoges, France

11. Don’t Be a Job Hopper by Walt Disney Company, 1944 / Poster / Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY

12. Green Grasshopper by Yvonne Rosalind Barlow, c.1964 / Oil on board / Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, UK

13. Locust And Grasshopper by Salvador Dalí, 1967 / Original colored lithograph / Limited edition, various collections

14. The Ant and the Grasshopper by Jacob Lawrence, 1969 / Ink on paper / Paul G. Allen Family Collection

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Grasshopper Found Embedded in van Gogh Masterpiece
https://nelson-atkins.org/grasshopper-found-embedded-van-gogh-masterpiece/

11Sep2023

Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

Created in 1983, the series consists of 10 silkscreen prints featuring images of animals that were endangered or threatened with extinction. The series was a collaboration between Warhol and his friend, the art dealer and gallerist Ron Feldman, and it was created in support of the Endangered Species Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1973.
~FROM https://andipaeditions.com/blog/104-endangered-species-by-andy-warhol-an-important-milestone/

Andy Warhol at The Factory, NYC, April 12, 1983 [Getty Images]

Endangered Species Portfolio, 1983 / Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board / 41″x41″ / Various collections

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10 Facts About Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species
https://www.myartbroker.com/artist-andy-warhol/10-facts/10-facts-about-warhol-endangered-species

2Sep2023

Sam Savitt

Posted in Illustrators by Christy

Equine artist and illustrator Sam Savitt (1917-2000)

Image from Equestrian Living: Remembering Artist Sam Savitt
https://eqliving.com/remembering-artist-sam-savitt/

[Sam Savitt] “started his career doing magazine illustrations, and became well known for his illustrations for Dell comic book covers, for whom he did Western illustrations. He wrote, or co-wrote, 17 books on horses, as well as private commissions and the Sam Savitt series of charts, which were used in the Smithsonian.”
https://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/illustrators/savitt-sam/

The Lone Ranger’s Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver, No3, 1952 / Dell Comics

Lad: A Dog Anniversary Edition, 1968 / E. P. Dutton, NY

Sea Horse from Sam Savitt’s Book of Horse Nonsense, 1975 / Black Horse Press, NY

Woman with a horse and foal, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Wikipedia~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Savitt
Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists~
https://www.pulpartists.com/Savitt.html
Horse Book Illustrators, Part Three: Sam Savitt~
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/06/horse-book-illustrators-part-three-sam.html

28Aug2023

Nicholas Monro (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

Monro [was] an English sculptor, printmaker and art teacher. He was a member of the Pop Art movement which came into prominence in the 1960s. He stood out among this group for making sculpture the principal vehicle for his work, particularly using fibreglass, filling the Robert Fraser Gallery in London, for example, with forty fibreglass sheep.
~FROM https://warwick.ac.uk/services/art/artist/nicholasmonro/

1. Magician, 1964 / Painted fiberglass / Private collection

2. Animals Running Through Fire, 1970 / Screenprint on paper / Various collections, incl. Victoria & Albert Museum, UK

3. King Kong, 1972 / Painted fiberglass / Private collection

4. Colony, 1972 / Screenprint on paper / Various collections, incl. Tate Britain, UK

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Nicholas Monro~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Monro
The Contraption – A tribute to Nicholas Monro 1936 – 2022
http://walkspace.uk/2022/11/the-contraption-a-tribute-to-nicholas-monro-1936-2022/

Pop Art and Animals~
https://www.artmajeur.com/en/magazine/5-art-history/pop-art-and-animals/331567
11 artists express themselves through animal pop art~
https://talkcarpet.com/super-original-artist-impressions-on-our-zeitgeist-at-mima-brussels/

21Aug2023

Franz Marc (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

Aiming to recreate the animals ‘from the inside’, Marc made himself so complete a master of their anatomy that he felt qualified to teach classes on the subject, though in the end there were few takers. This anatomical knowledge gave him the ability to improvise. From this point on, Marc did not aim to merely copy nature, but to capture the spirit of nature and of ‘animal life’.
~FROM https://www.gseart.com/artist/franz-marc/bio

1. Katze mit Jungen, 1900-1916 / Tempera, oil, pencil on cardboard / Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle, Germany

2. Sketch, 1908 / Crayon on paper / Private collection

3. Two Horses, 1908-09 / Bronze / Lenbachhaus München, Germany

4. Yellow Cow, 1911 / Oil on canvas / Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC

5. Tierlegende (Animal Legend), 1912 / Woodcut on Japanese paper / Various locations

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Franz Marc~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Marc

Why Did Franz Marc Paint Animals?
https://www.thecollector.com/why-did-franz-marc-paint-animals/
Franz Marc and the animalization of art
https://smarthistory.org/franz-marc-animal-art/

14Aug2023

Noah’s Ark (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

In the Judeo-Christian flood story, God became angry with the sins of mankind. He told his faithful servant, Noah, to build an ark large enough for his family (which included eight people; his wife, his three sons and their wives) and two of every creature on earth. God delivered the promised deluge, killing everyone and everything on earth except the population of the ark.
~FROM https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/a-flood-of-myths-and-stories/

Noah’s Ark by Edward Hicks, 1846 / Oil on canvas / Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

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Edward Hicks~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hicks
https://bucksco.michenerartmuseum.org/artists/edward-hicks/

Genesis 5:32 to 10:1~
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%205%3A32-10%3A1&version=NIV

9May2021

Born May 9~ Eliyakota Samualie

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Eliyakota Samualie (May 9, 1939-November 1987) was a Canadian Inuit graphic artist and sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyakota_Samualie