Tag Archives: Painting

National Poetry Month~ April 4

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Dogs in a Market Listen to Rūmī, Who Praises their Understanding and Attention (detail)
from a Turkish translation of Aflaki’s life of Mevlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi

1590s / MS M.466, fol. 66v / 7 7/8″x5 1/10″ / The Morgan Library & Museum, NY, NY

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Jalal al-Din Rumi~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jalal-al-din-rumi

National Poetry Month~ April 2

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Virgil inspired by the muses Clio and Melpomene

Beginning of 3c A.D. / Marble mosaic / Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia

Virgil~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/virgil

 


The Poet Ovidiu at Tomis
by Ion Theodorescu Sion

1916 / Oil on plywood / 14 3/5″x17″ / Private collection

Ovid~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ovid

National Poetry Month~ April 1

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Portrait of the Poet Homer by Unknown (Flemish?) Artist

1639 / Oil on panel / 28 3/8″x22 3/8″ / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD

Homer~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/homer

 

 

Sappho by Gustav Klimt

1888 / Oil on canvas / 15 1/3″x12 2/5″ / Vienna Museum, Austria

Sappho~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sappho

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 21

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Augusta Savage by Gwendolyn Knight

1967 / Oil on canvas / 24”x18” / Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, CA

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See also: March 21~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/21/march-21-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 20

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Tehuana con Sandía by Olga Costa

1952 / Oil on canvas / 51 1/5”x43 3/5” / Private collection

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See also: March 20~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/20/march-20-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 18

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Theatrical Composition by Alexandra Ekster

c.1925 / Oil on canvas / 58 5/8”x42 7/8” / MoMA, NYC

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See also: March 18~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/18/march-18-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/