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Tag Archives: Painting
2020: Ingathering
Joyce Brienza + Deborah Sukenic: Ingathering (2020); from an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
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Tagged 2020's, 21st Century, Art, Deborah Sukenic, Detroit, Joyce Brienza, Mixed Media, Museums, Painting, USA, Women
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1912: Butterflies
Odilon Redon: Evocation of Butterflies (ca. between 1910 and 1912)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Butterflies, France, Insects, Odilon Redon, Painting
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1909: Seascape
Léon Spilliaert: Seascape Seen from Mariakerke (1909)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Belgium, Léon Spilliaert, Painting, Seascapes
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1778: Great Indian Fruit Bat
Indian flying foxes are found throughout India. Like others of their species, they are gregarious and tend to form large social groups. With a wingspan of four to five feet, Indian flying foxes are very conspicuous in their open roosts … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, Animals, Art, Bats, Bhawani Das, India, Mammals, Painting, Religion
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2016: Big Storm Light
April Gornik: Big Storm Light (2016)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, April Gornik, Art, Landscapes, Painting, The Sky, USA, Women
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2015: Grid
Victor Hugo Zayas: Grid Series 16 (2015)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Art, Cityscapes, Latino/as/x, Los Angeles, Painting, USA, Victor Hugo Zayas
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1390: And the Books Were Opened
Jacobello Alberegno’s polyptych of the Apocalypse was originally part of a much larger set of artworks in the church of the Benedictine convent of San Giovanni Evangelista on the Venetian island of Torcello; it is now on display in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, Angels, Art, Books, Christianity, Cryptids, Hell, Italy, Jacobello Alberegno, Painting, Religion
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1889: Artist-in-Residence
The celebrated 19th century French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur was known for wearing men’s pants, shirts, and ties, as well as participating in traditionally masculine activities such as hunting and smoking. She lived with her lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas … Continue reading
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Tagged "Buffalo Bill" Cody, 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, France, Horses, LGBTQ, Mammals, Nathalie Micas, Native Americans, Painting, Photography, Portraits, Printmaking, Rosa Bonheur, Sheep, USA, Women
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1808: Portrait of a Horse’s Ass
Henry Raeburn: Portrait of George Harley Drummond (ca. 1808–9); “It is curious…that the animal’s hindquarters should be so prominently displayed” says the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Tagged 19th Century, Animals, Art, George Harley Drummnd, Great Britain, Henry Raeburn, Horses, Mammals, Painting, Portraits, Scotland
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1750: First Sleep, Second Sleep
That dreaming is a less sound species of sleep, appears from the familiar fact, which has probably been observed by every individual; viz. that the first sleep is much freer from it than the second. We retire to rest, fatigued … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Century, 19th Century, A. Roger Ekirch, Abraham Rees, Africa, Art, Dreams, France, Homer, Painting, Sleep, Virgil
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