Detail shows bas-relief commemorating the introduction of the Gregorian calendar
1715-1723 / White marble / Dimensions? / Papal Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City
Previous February 24 posts:
February 24~ African-American visual artists
Renata Scotto: Born February 24, 1934
Steve Jobs: Born February 24, 1955
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/24~
1912 / Oil on canvas / 57 7/8”x35 1/8” / Philadelphia Museum of Art
“The Armory Show took place from February 17 to March 15, 1913 at the 69th Regiment Armory on
Lexington Avenue and 25th Street, and in just less than a month it changed the way Americans thought about modern art. It has been called the most important exhibition ever held in the United States.“ https://www.tronviggroup.com/the-armory-show-at-100-website/
~ 1913 Armory Show: The Story in Primary Sources
~ List of women artists in the Armory Show
~ Armory Show 1913 Catalog
Previous February 17 posts:
February 17~ African-American visual artists
February 17~
Madama Butterfly: First Performance February 17, 1904
Artist Birthday Quiz for 2/17~
“Lincoln the Railsplitter” by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) 84.5” by 44.5” Oil on canvasIn 1962, Lincoln First Federal Savings & Loan Assn in WA commissioned this painting for the lobby of their headquarters in Spokane. Rockwell completed it in 1965 and it was unveiled on November 4th of that year. After the bank merged with Washington Mutual Savings Bank, the painting was moved to Seattle, no longer on public display; in the early 1990s it was sold to Texas businessman H. Ross Perot. In 2006, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, purchased it in a sale at Christie’s Auction House, and “Lincoln the Railsplitter” was once again available to the public.
“Artworks of Lincoln were produced for many reasons—for news, politics, sale, and commemoration—and in a variety of media, such as prints, paintings, sculptures, and photographs.”
http://www.civilwarinart.org/exhibits/show/lincoln/introduction/picturing-lincoln“Scholars estimate that Lincoln sat for 33 photographers and 127 portraits in his lifetime…”
http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1876750_1840177,00.html“The statue of President Abraham Lincoln [in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol] depicts him with a serious, contemplative expression. Sculpted by the first female artist commissioned to create a work of art for the United States government.”
https://www.aoc.gov/art/other-statues/abraham-lincoln-statue“Iconic Abraham Lincoln portraits”
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/iconic-abraham-lincoln-portraits/
Pink Snow by Peter Doig1991 / Oil on canvas / 96”x90” / MoMA, NYC
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Passing Winter by Yayoi Kusama2005 / Mirror and glass / 75”x31 1/2”x31 1/2” /
Tate Modern, London; identical piece owned by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Untitled (Dancing Dog) by Keith Haring1981 / Sumi ink, and acrylic on paper mounted on canvas / 107”x186” / Private collection
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Standing Glass Fish by Frank Gehry1986 / Wood, glass, steel, silicone, plexiglass, and rubber / 22 feet high /
Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, on long-term loan from the Minneapolis/Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden
Giant Frog by Cornelia Van Auken Chapin1941 / Granite on granite base / 38”x28”x29” / Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
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1949 / Lithograph on paper / Image: 21 1/2”x27 3/8” / 5 artist’s proofs + 50 signed & numbered prints
Possibly 19th century / Wood, cotton, fabric, and glass beads /
20 1/16”x14 15/16”x16 15/16” / Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
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Basset Standing with Head Turned to the Right by Antoine-Louis Baryec.1841 / Bronze with dark brown over warm red-brown patina / 6 1/4”x12 1/4”x4 1/4” /
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Jennings Dog / Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze original2nd Century A.D. / Marble / 41” high / The British Museum, London
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Horse Head / Sassanid Era, Kermanshah Province, Iran4th century A.D. / Gold and silver / Dimensions? / Musée du Louvre, Paris
Around 850-900 B.C. / Bronze / 10”x6 1/4” / Freer Gallery of Art|Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, D.C.
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1st or 2nd century A.D. / White marble / La Venaria Reale, Turin, Italy, on loan from Pius-Clementine Museum, Vatican Museums
Caves of Lascaux / Upper Paleolithic periodc.17,000-c.15,000 B.C. / Cave painting and rock engraving / Dordogne region of southwestern France
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c.3000-2800 B.C. / Magnesite or Crystalline Limestone / 3 1/4” high / Private collection
The Misty Miss Christy 