Tag Archives: Printmaking

Winter~ January 9

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The Four Seasons: Winter by François Boucher

1755 / Oil on canvas / 22 3/8”x28 3/4” / The Frick Collection, New York, NY
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Courtesan Watching Two Kamuro Make a Snow Dog by Suzuki Harunobu

About 1767-68 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 11 1/16”x8 1/16” / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Winter~ January 7

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Bamboo in Snow by Hu Zhengyan

After 1633, before 1703 / Page from woodblock printed book, mounted as album leaf; ink and color on paper /
9 13/16”x11 5/16” / Arthur M. Sackler Museum (Harvard Art Museums)

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The Castle of Muiden in Winter by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten

1658 / Oil on canvas / 37 9/10”x50 9/10” / The National Gallery, London

December 28~ Animals in Art

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Pink Cow on Yellow Background Wallpaper by Andy Warhol

1966 / Screenprint on paper rolls / Various sizes / Various collections
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Kuamanbo (Ram) Helmet Mask* / Baule people of Ivory Coast

c.1970s /Paint and pigment on wood / Dimensions? / Second Face Museum of Cultural Masks, online*
*[Unfortunately, my anti-spyware program recently detected problems with that site,
so I have disabled the links. I apologize for the inconvenience.]

December 24~ Animals in Art

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Dugn’be (Bull Mask) / Bijagó people, Bissagos (Bijagós) Islands, Guinea-Bissau

Late 19th to mid-20th century / Wood, cow horns, glass, plant fiber, and paint /
10 5/8”x19 11/16”x11 13/16” / Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
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The World Cow  by  Franz Marc

1913 / Oil on canvas / 27 7/8”x55 5/8″ / The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

December 18~ Animals in Art

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Carp Among Pond Plants  by  Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

c.1800 / Woodblock print, ink and color on paper / 8 2/5”x7 1/3” / Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

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Peaceable Kingdom, c.1830–32  by  Edward Hicks

Earliest version c.1816-18 / Paintings / Over 100 different versions; 62 known to still exist

November 25~ Artists at their Easels

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Self-Portrait with Easel  by  Otto Dix

1926  / Tempera and oil on wood panel / 31 3/4”x21 4/5” / Leopold Hoesch Museum & Paper Museum, Düren, Germany

 

Self-Portrait with Easel  by  Amrita Sher-gil

c.1930 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India

November 24~ Artists at their Easels

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Self Portrait  by  Dame Laura Knight

c.1913 / Oil on canvas / 23 2/5”x23 2/5” / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈ ≈

Self-Portrait  by  Alberto Giacometti

1921 / Oil on canvas /32 1/2”x28 3/10” / Musée Picasso Paris, Paris, France