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.
Lithian Ricci
“Issy e Billy”
2003
Gaja Danilina
“Sir Rabbit”
“Next time you do the cooking and you can lick the pan.”
indigodreams: thebluebirdsandtheblackbirds: Herman Kaulbach (German, 1846-1909) ~
Little Girl With a Rabbit
Laurel Morley
Ivan Gregorovitch Olinsky
Portrait of Charles Ballard as a Boy
1925
Lisa Zador
“Spring Bunny Portrait”
John Anster Fitzgerald
“Rabbit Among the Fairies”
c. 1865
Real men have pet bunnies… and include them in their portraits.
Sir Henry Raeburn
“Boy and Rabbit”
1814
Alan Aldridge
