Grand Canyon by Hiroshi Yoshida
1925 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 9 3/4″x14 5/8″
Various collections, including Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Tag Archives: Drawing
National Park & Recreation Month~ July 1
Early Drawing Of Yosemite Falls by Thomas Almond Ayres
1855 / Charcoal, white chalk and pencil on paper / 19 5/8″x13 2/3″ / National Park Service Museum Collections
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June 1~ Pride Month
Ellen Day Hale and Gabrielle D. Clements
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In 1884, Clements traveled abroad to Paris to study at the Academie Julian where she was joined in 1885 by fellow painter and future lifelong companion Ellen Day Hale…
Clements and Hale frequently traveled abroad, visiting France, Italy, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine, and spent summers at “The Thickets,” the house they purchased in the artists’ colony at Folly Cove.
~Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C
Portrait of a woman, said to be Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, by Ellen Day Hale (seen in photo above, left)
1883 / Pencil, charcoal and white chalk on paper / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Avenue Bridge, Baltimore by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (seen in photo above, right)
1927 / Etching on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C
National Pet Month~ Day 28
Blackie looking at his portrait in Saul Steinberg’s mural
photographed by Gjon Mili
1947 / Gelatin silver print / 13 1/2″x10 1/2″
Various collections including Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY, NY
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National Pet Month~ Day 22
Teasing the Cat by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
1888 / 14 9/16″x10″ / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / The Met, NYC
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National Pet Month~ Day 19
Rossetti’s Wombat Seated in his Master’s Lap
by William Bell Scott
1871 / Graphite on paper / 7″x4 2/5″ / Tate Britain, London, UK
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How the Pre-Raphaelites Became Obsessed with the Wombat~
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/o-uommibatto-how-the-pre-raphaelites-became-obsessed-with-the-wombat
National Poetry Month~ April 17
William Carlos Williams by Hugo Gellert
c.1930 / Crayon, ink, and pencil on paper / 8 7/8″x6 15/16″
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC
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William Carlos Williams~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-carlos-williams
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 25
The Enchanted Owl by Kenojuak Ashevak
1960 / Stone cut on paper / 21 1/8”x26” / Various collections, including Brooklyn Museum, NYC
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See also: March 25~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/25/march-25-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 22
Untitled from Graphic Objects (Objetos gráficos) by Mira Schendel
1967 / Graphite, transfer type, and oil on paper between
transparent acrylic sheets with transfer type / 39 5/16”x39 5/16”x3/8” / MoMA, NYC
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See also: March 22~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/22/march-22-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
Black History Month in Visual Arts~ February 26
Radiation Explorations 8 by Mildred Thompson
1994 / Oil on canvas / 87 1/2”x110 1/8” / ©The Mildred Thompson Estate/Galerie Lelong & Co, NY
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See also: February 26~ African-American visual artists
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/02/26/11289/
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