Art History Animalia

For #WorldOtterDay + #WatercolorWednesday :
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (British, 1901-1979)
#Otters at Play, n.d.
watercolor, 42 x 56cm
www.roseberys.co.uk/a0399-lot-47...
🆔 Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)

For #PinkFlamingoDay + #WatercolorWednesday :
Clara Stroud (American, 1890-1984)
#Flamingo Lagoon, n.d.
Watercolor, 15.5'' x 11.25''
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

For #PinkFlamingoDay 🦩
1. Henrik Immanuel Wigström (Finnish, 1862-1923) for Fabergé
#Flamingo 1903-8
Agate, rose diamonds, gold
10.2x5.2x2.4cm
2. Cartier
Flamingo 1907
Rose quartz, quartz, diamond, gilt metal
18.0x9.5x6.1cm
Royal Collection Trust
www.rct.uk/collection/s...
www.rct.uk/collection/s...

For #WorldOtterDay :
Christian Morrisseau (Anishinaabe, 1969-2022)
#Otter Family, 2005
acrylic on canvas, 93.5 x 121.9 cm (36.79 ins x 48 in)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/OTTE...
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

For #WorldOtterDay :
Christian Morrisseau (Anishinaabe, 1969-2022)
#Otter Family, 2005
acrylic on canvas, 93.5 x 121.9 cm (36.79 ins x 48 in)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/OTTE...
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

For #WorldOtterDay 🦦:
Tony Hunt Sr. (Kwakwaka'wakw, 1942-2017)
Kwa-Gulth Sea Otter with Sea Uchin, 1975
silkscreen on paper, 14 x 21 in (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Kwa-...
#FirstNationsArt #IndigenousArt

#WorldDugongDay:
Plate 23 in John Edward Gray’s _Illustrations of Indian Zoology_, V. 2, 1833-4. "Indian Dugong, Halicora Dugung" (now Dugong, Dugong dugon). Hand-colored lithograph of an original illustration by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (English, 1807-94).
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Du...

One more for #WhoopingCraneDay:
“The Hooping Crane” in George Edwards’ A Natural History of Birds Pt. 3, 1750.
Yes, he illustrated it perching on an enlarged side view of its own giant beak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Via BHL: www.flickr.com/photos/biodi...

New on the blog for #WhoopingCraneDay:
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for Whooping Crane Day: Audubon's "Hooping Cranes"
arthistoryanimalia.com/2024/05/28/a...
#BirdsInArt #EndangeredSpecies

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for Whooping Crane Day: Audubon’s “Hooping Cranes” – ART HISTORY ANIMALIA

Today is #WhoopingCraneDay! The Whooping Crane (Grus americana) is an endemic North American species that is the continent's tallest native bird. It is also one of our flagship conservation success st...

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For #WhoopingCraneDay :
N.C. Wyeth (American, 1882-1945)
The Dance of the Whooping Cranes, 1939
oil on panel, 30 x 22¼ in. (76.2 x 56.5 cm);
printed as a plate in the illustrated edition of The Yearling (1939)
#BirdsInArt #EndangeredSpecies

For #WorldDugongDay:
Kisay Dhangal, 2016
Alick Tipoti (Torres Strait: Badhu Island, Kala Lagaw Ya, b.1975)
Sculpture, bronze with mother-of-pearl inlay
194 × 202 × 102 cm, 280 kg
Australian National Maritime Museum 00054952:
collections.sea.museum/objects/2003...
#IndigenousArt

It's #WorldDugongDay! #DYK the #dugong is the only surviving Sirenian cousin of the #manatees; its closest modern relative, Steller's Sea Cow, was hunted to extinction in the 18th century. 😢
Louis Paul Jonas (USA, 1894-1971)
Dugong sculpture, H7 x W14 x D7.25 in.
www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...

For #WhoopingCraneDay:
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987).
Whooping Crane, from the Vanishing Animals series, 1986
Color offset lithograph, 10 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (265 x 262 mm)
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6561968...
#BirdsInArt #EndangeredSpecies #PopArt

#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

EXHIBITION:
Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915
On View at Chrysler Museum of Art
February 23, 2024 — August 18, 2024
chrysler.org/exhibition/f...

Fantastic Creatures of the Venetian Lagoon: Glass 1875-1915 | Chrysler Museum of Art

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Maud Earl (British-American, (1863–1943)
Ch. Nunsoe Duc de la Terrace of Blakeen, 1935
oil on board
breed: #Poodle
on display at AKC Museum of the Dog
#DogsInArt #WomenArtists

Gustav Muss-Arnolt (German, 1858-1927)
Wan Lung, c. 1920
oil on canvas
Breed: #ChowChow
on display at AKC Museum of the Dog
#DogsInArt

So this is what #pugs looked like in the late 18th / early 19th century…
Richard Ramsay Reinagle (English, 1775-1862)
Pug, n.d.
oil on canvas
AKC Museum of the Dog collection
#DogsInArt

For #ManuscriptMonday / #MedievalMonday:
Richard de Fournival
Bestiaire d'amour (Bestiary of Love), in Old French
N. Italy, c.1290
Morgan Library MS M.459, fols. 7v-8r

Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
Illustrated letter to Noel Moore, March 8, 1895
Ink & paper
On display at the Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show
“The picture letter shown here, written to Noel when he was sick, recounts Beatrix's interactions at the zoo…”

A silly #snail for a slow Sunday:
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
"There was an old snail with a nest,"
June 26-July 28, 1898
Watercolor, pen & ink, & graphite on card
On display at The Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show

Tiny #elephant alert! 🐘
Amitabha Sutra (Discourse on the Land of Bliss), China, c.1775
The Morgan Library & Museum MS W.69
#ChineseArt
“In China, artists used bodhi leaves to create paintings for albums like this one, thereby infusing their images with sacred power.”

Gelett Burgess (American, 1866-1951)
!The Purple #Cow!
[San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895]
The Morgan Library & Museum display

“I never saw a Purple Cow, / I never hope to see one, But I can tell you, anyhow, / I'd rather see than be one!”

Four #cicada brooches, Eastern Germanic, c. 380-500 CE
silver, copper alloy, iron
The Morgan Library & Museum display
#cicadapocalypse #cicadaggedon #cicadamania

#Arachnid appreciation post:
Marble cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jamdat Nasr Period, c. 3500-2900 BCE:
(7) Three #Spiders
(8) #Scorpion with a Plant
on display at The Morgan Library & Museum NYC

If you’ll be in NYC check out this pair of exhibits at Museum of the Dog - will post photos from my own visit soon! 🐶
Outfoxed: Fox Terriers and Friends
Jan 24 – June 2 2024
Apokalupsis: An Uncovering
The Art of Joseph Sulkowski
May 9 – Aug 4 2024
live-museumofthedog.pantheonsite.io/museum-attra...

Happy to be otw to NYC to see both these exhibitions at The Morgan Library & Museum !
“Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio” + “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature”
www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/...

From the blog for #WorldTurtleDay: what does this unusual 18th c. English portrait have in common with this early 20th c. Ottoman one? More than you may think! 😉 Find out more here: arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/05/23/a...
1. Still life with a Tortoise, 1743
2. The Tortoise Trainer, 1906

Oh yes, I collected all the ones on BHL long ago LOL...I haven't added this latest find yet, but here is the rest of the collection as it stands so far: arthistoryanimalia.com/coati-image-...

Another wonderful piece to celebrate #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Randy Chitto (Choctaw, b.1962)
#Turtle Storyteller with #Bear Hide
Ceramic sculpture, H 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm)
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Turt...

For #WorldTurtleDay 🐢:
Tsuba with Design of #Turtles and Water
Okamoto Shigetsune, Chôshû School
Japan, early 19th c.
iron (sukidashi-bori, nikubori, kebori)
7 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago 11.11583: collections.mfa.org/objects/1136...
#JapaneseArt

Here is a whole pile of turtles for #WorldTurtleDay! 🐢
#Netsuke of Group of #Turtles
Japan, 19th century
Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) x W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 10.211.897: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#JapaneseArt

For #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Roy Thomas (Anishinaabe, 1949-2004)
#Bear and #Turtle
acrylic on paper, 14 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Bear...
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

For #WatercolorWednesday + #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
#Bear and Canoe, 1895
watercolor & gum arabic over graphite pencil on cream-colored wove paper
14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
Brooklyn Museum 11.541: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti...

Mary Cassatt was born #OTD (22 May 1844 - 15 Jun 1926). The cute #dog in this famous painting is Baptiste, a Brussels Griffon she got through her good friend & fellow #Impressionist Edgar Degas.
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
oil on canvas 89.5×129.8cm
www.nga.gov/collection/a...
#WomenArtists

#WoodpeckerWednesday + #WatercolorWednesday :
Archibald Thorburn (Scottish, 1860-1935)
A Black #Woodpecker in Woodland, 1930
watercolour w/ bodycolour, 44 x 27.5 cm
🆔 a male Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), Europe’s largest woodpecker
www.bonhams.com/auction/2149...

#WoodpeckerWednesday :
Gunnar Nylund (Swedish, 1904-1997)
Stoneware #Woodpecker
made in Rörstrand, Sweden, 1930-40's
Glazed stoneware sculpture, H 33 cm
www.bukowskis.com/en/lots/1218...

News: Illinois Department of Natural Resources seeking entries for #cicada -themed art show
“The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is hosting a cicada-themed art show, and it's going to be a scream!”
dnr.illinois.gov/cicada-art-c...

For #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
George Catlin (American, 1796-1872)
Portraits of a Grizzly Bear and Mouse, Life Size, 1846-1848
oil on canvas, 26 5⁄8 x 32 1⁄2 in. (67.5 x 82.5 cm)
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery 1985.66.603: americanart.si.edu/artwork/port...

Found a new #coati image for the collection! 👀
Plate V in Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana, 1844-46
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4000848...
🆔 Mountain Coati (now Nasuella spp.)

#Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer was born #OTD (21 May 1471 – 6 Apr 1528) #BookRecommendations from my library:
1 Dürer's Animals amzn.to/3Ovyfzb
2 Nature's Artist: Plants & Animals by Albrecht Dürer amzn.to/3MsLRbO
3 Albrecht Dürer and the Animal & Plant Studies of the Renaissance amzn.to/42XgI7y

Another less often seen animal
study by Albrecht Dürer, born #OTD (21 May 1471 – 6 Apr 1528)…#Heron, c. 1503-5, watercolor on vellum, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin

Albrecht Dürer was born #OTD (21 May 1471 – 6 Apr 1528). Lots of posts today w/his most famous #animals like the rhino, stag beetle, hare, etc., but he painted lots of other cool critters like this cute #crab 🦀
Crab, 1495
watercolor & gouache, 2.63 x 3.55 cm
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

A belated #OTD birthday post for French Neo-Impressionist artist Henri-Edmond Cross (20 May 1856 – 16 May 1910):
1. Paysage avec des chèvres, 1895
oil on canvas, 92x65cm
Petit Palais Paris collection
2. Famille de Cygnes, c.1899
oil on canvas, 60x81cm
private collection

EDIT: bee imposter alert - this is likely a misidentified #cicada nymph. Oops! But also, cool, because it's almost always adult cicadas depicted in Japanese art. Thanks to @ubi@ecoevo.social for the ID!

#BookRecommendation for #WorldBeeDay :
Bee [Animal series] (2006) amzn.to/3UHz6hO via #AmazonAssociates

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Party hat for #WorldBeeDay 🐝: bee(s) in your bonnet!
Hat, 1960s
Designer: Bes-Ben (American, founded 1920), made in Chicago, USA
plastic, synthetic, cotton
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2006.74.6: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

For #WorldBeeDay 🐝 + #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (Flemish, (c.1520-c.1590)
Fable of the #Bear and the #Bees
Bruges, 1567
print, etched & hand-colored, H 95 mm × W 112 mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1996-70: www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie...