art_history_animalia, 12 days ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Edwin Megargee (American, 1883-1958)
Chs. Bonnie Brighteyes of Mannerhead, Arnim of Pip, 1937
oil on canvas
breed: #Poodle
on display at AKC Museum of the Dog
#DogsInArt

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #TwoForTuesday during #AmphibianWeek :
Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891–1978)
1 Two Fire Salamanders, 1920
watercolor on paper, 19.2x22.5cm
https://www.artnet.com/artists/norbertine-bresslern-roth/two-fire-salamanders-sAWDB4WVzfEzs3gjb8cwSQ2
2 Feuersalamander, 1922
color linocut, 14.4x14.4cm
https://www.artnet.com/artists/norbertine-bresslern-roth/feuersalamander-NlmLb_XV3mwLkONjHsfrqA2

#WomenArtists

square color linocut print, two yellow and black Fire Salamanders on cream-colored background with black line frame

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #TwoForTuesday during #AmphibianWeek :
Emil Nolde (German, 1867-1956)
Feuersalamander (Fire #Salamander ), 1923-4
watercolor on Japan laid paper
36.4 x 46.3 cm (14.3 x 18.2 in)
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/emil-nolde-feuersalamander-fire-salamander-%20%20%20%20212-c-0785a64a30

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#TwoForTuesday + #ToucanTuesday :
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865-1926)
#Toucans (n.d.)
Pencil & watercolor picked out in white, on paper, 27.9 x 17.8 cm
https://www.lempertz.com/en/catalogues/lot/1132-2/1567-wilhelm-kuhnert.html
🆔 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco), also known in Kuhnert's time as the Giant Toucan (it's the largest living toucan species)
#BirdsInArt

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#TwoForTuesday, here is a #leopard nursing 2 cubs, on top of a #bear also nursing 2 cubs!
From Fol. 115v of BnF Lat. 16169 (Albertus Magnus, De animalibus), Paris, mid 14th c.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85409542/f232
#medieval #bestiary

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday, two different versions of Two Long Neck #Turtles, 2019, by Reuben Balarda Manakgu (Mandjuringunj clan, West Arhnem Land, b.1965)
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 26 x 43cm & 40 x 50 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Reuben-Manakgu/391C37A818E900F7/Artworks
#IndigenousArt

Aboriginal painting of two long-neck turtles, Rarrk (cross-hatching) style, with four waterlily leaves on dark red-brown marbled background

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#TwoForTuesday:
Leslie van der Sluys (Australian, 1939-2010)
Gang Gang #Cockatoos and Lemon Scented Gum, 1982
hand-coloured linocut, 32 x 29cm
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/leslie-van-der-sluys-1939-2010-gang-gang-cockatoo-%20%20%20%203081-c-4594cac9c7
#BirdsInArt

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

#TwoForTuesday :
Judy Kensley McKie (American, b. 1944)
#Opossum door handles, pair, 2003
patinated bronze, 19½ h × 2¾ w × 3¼ d in (50 × 7 × 8 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Opossum-door-handles--pair/F58EF6DCDFAA05F389D4A20525DA9CE6

pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 2, side profile
pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 3, closeup of heads

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Two #Elephants
from Manafi al-Hayawan (Uses of Animals) by Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ (ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrāʼīl), Maragheh, Iran, 1297-1300 (w/ 19th c. additions)
The Morgan Library & Museum MS M.500 fol. 13r
https://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/7/77363

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Amrita Sher-Gil (Hungarian-Indian, 1913-1941)
Two #Elephants, 1940
Oil on Canvas, 46cm X 54.3cm
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/two-elephants-amrita-sher-gil/
#WomenArtists

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Pair of Altar Candlesticks
China, probably Guangzhou (Canton), 19th c.
Gilt copper, cloisonné enamel, colored glass, stones; H 56 cm
"were probably part of a Buddhist altar set, the elephant being the mount of Akshobya"
The Khalili Collections: https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/enamels-of-the-world/khalili-collections-enamels-of-the-world-pair-of-altar-candlesticks-ch920/

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
Pair of Earrings in the Form of Dancing #Elephants
India, Deccan, 19th c.
Gold inlaid with rubies & sapphires
1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.81 × 1.27 cm) each
LACMA M.86.49a-b: https://collections.lacma.org/node/252139
#IndianArt

art_history_animalia, 1 month ago to random

For #SaveTheElephantDay on #TwoForTuesday 🐘🐘:
#Elephant masks
Bamiléké people (Cameroon)
Blue cotton cloth, colored beads
Red cotton cloth, glass beads
Field Museum display
#AfricanArt

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
195 & 318 “Blue Jay”
another pair from the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #BirdsInArt

photo of a Mercer tile mosaic depicting a blue jay on a branch, numbered 318 on PA Capitol red tile floor

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#TwoForTuesday :
Ewer in the shape of a #fish and #shrimp
Vietnam, Tran-Le dynasties, 14th-15th c.
Stoneware with green glaze; molded & incised decoration
19.4 x 17 x 5.5 cm (7 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
On display at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston