What makes a painting better? Including a pug or monkey.
Art historians and scholars would say animals in paintings dating back to the Renaissance hold symbolic significance. I say the artist knew it was the only way to get young people to look at their paintings in galleries generations later.
On Fridays we feature work by current artists, many of whom have their work available on etsy.
If you appreciate a good monkey on a leash, pug on a boat or creepy staring dog -- this blog's for you.
These are animals. In art.
“Maybe if I hide under here they won’t make me into a coat.”
MIERIS, Frans van, the Elder
(b. 1635, Leiden, d. 1681, Leiden)
The Cloth Shop
1660
Oil on panel, 55 x 43 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
“Isn’t it supposed to be my job to feed my kittens?”
Sydney Potter
“A Helping Hand”
Rusty gave up hope that he would ever get a slice of that orange.
Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam
Interior with a Woman Holding an Orange
1653
Sparky just knew someone had bacon in the next room.
Portrait de Miss Power, plus tard Mrs SheaAuteur : John Russell (1745-1806)1789
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Jan could not get the monkey off his back.
Unknown (Anglo-Dutch)
Boy with Marmoset and Spaniels in a Landscape
Late 17th century
“Can you guys settle this birthright business after we’ve been fed? Our bowls our empty!”
Esau and Jacob, by Michel Corneille (1630)
“Seriously, guys, stop fooling around and feed me!”
Jan Steen, Couple in a Bedroom, c. 1668-70
“Red background, red hair, red dress and you give me a pink color? Get wardrobe over here, immediately!”
Mary Stuart, by Ardell Morton
“You guys keep the melons, I’ll take this!”
Philippe Mercier. The Sense of Smell. ca. 1744-1747.
Oil on canvas.
Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, CT. USA.
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“Honey, do you think it’s still considered animal hoarding if half of them are dead?”
Sir Edwin Landseer
“Windsor Castle in Modern Times”
1840-1843, Royal Collection
