Dog Art Today

Tyler Foote by Clair Hartmann

 

 

Tyler Foote by Clair Hartmann, 2014

North Carolina artist and DAT favorite, Clair Hartmann was so inspired by Tyler Foote Finds: A Compendium of My Ignorance, she asked for a trade: a print of the installation and a DANK Koan in return for one of her imaginary realism portraits of Footey.

Of course my answer was yes. Clair's portrait of my beloved Darby (1994 - 2011) is one of my treasured possessions, my screen saver, and it was featured in "Modern Dog Magazine."

Clair's Tyler Foote portrait pays homage to his passion for nature by representing him as Alexander Von Humboldt (1769 - 1859) Prussian explorer, naturalist, and father of botanical and field biogeography...

 

 

Alexander von Humboldt by Franz Xaver Kleiber

 

I adore it.

Visit Clair Hartmann's website to commission a portrait of your pet, either classic or imaginary realism style.

She offers a 25% discount for anyone who works for a non-profit animal rescue and gift certificates for the holidays are available.

Her Chumley Calendar, a celebration of her own pup, is a gorgeous cross-section of her styles.  Order it here.

Thank you, Clair.

xo, Moira and Tyler Foote

P.S. Watch a brief TED Talk lesson on Alexander von Humboldt, the most famous person you never heard of.  Clair's painting may help give him the recognition he deserves.

In The Company of Dogs and Cats at Blanton Museum of Art

 

 

L’Artisan Moderne Poster by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, 1896

Now on view at the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin, In the Company of Dogs and Cats, featuring over 150 works by masters such as Albrecht Dürer, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, William Blake, Francisco Goya, Paul Gauguin, Takahashi Hiroaki (Shotei), Pablo Picasso, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward Hopper, Louise Bourgeois, and others.

The museum is keeping most of the included works out of the press, but shared L'Artisan Moderne Poster by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. I've never seen it before. Wonder what other dog-art treasures they have? If you go, let me know.
Exhibition runs until September 21, 2014.

Visit Blanton Museum of Art for more information.

NYC Dog-Art Tour

 

 

Howling Canine, 5th or 6th Century Mexican Ceramic at the Met

In honor of the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show that starts on Monday, Randy Kennedy of The New York Times takes readers on a dog-art tour of New York City.  He has some nice picks spanning sevearal centuries, continents, and mediums, but my favorite aspect of his article is that he's settled for me my own style guide quandary, something I've debated since I began this blog almost five years ago; dog-art has a hyphen.   Read Kennedy's article Sit. Stay. Good Art.

2.12.12 Update:  Oops.  Dog art is not automatically hyphenayted.  Thank you dog artist Leslie Moore for this clarification:

A quick grammatical note from a recovering English teacher: dog art should be hyphenated when the two words are both adjectives modifying a noun, i.e. when Randy Kennedy describes New York City as a "dog-art town." When the single adjective "dog" modifies the noun "art," no hyphen is necessary.

 

 

Boy with a Greyhound by Paolo Veronese, 1570s at The Met

 

Miss Mary Edwards by William Hogarth, 1742 at The Frick

 

A Woman with a Dog by Jean Honoré Fragonard, 1769 at The Met

 

Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare by Gustave Courbet, 1857 at The Met

 

Boodgie and Stanley by David Hockney, 1993 at The Morgan Library & Museum

Hat tip to my mom, and dog artists Barbara Grossman, and Natalie Timm for sending me links to this article.

Gainsborough Estimate: Almost $8 Million

 

 

Portrait of Colonel John Bullock by Thomas Gainsborough, 1780s

This Portrait of Colonel John Bullock by Thomas Gainsborough will be auctioned at Christie's Old Masters and British Paintings Sale in London on July 5.  It is estimated to sell for $5,596,500 - $7,995,000.

I thought it only fair to include some Redcoat dog-love before I feature early American dog art tomorrow in honor of our Revolution.

Via Christie's.

Tiepolo's Saint Roch at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Saint Roch by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1730-35

I did extensive research for the Saint Roch post on the November 1.  So I was surprised to find another portrait of Saint Roch by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  While I don't consider this a great work of dog art, I think it is interesting as a Tiepolo, a Venetian artist famous for his dramatic Baroque style.  And the disembodied head of the dog speaks to composition challenges all dog artists face. 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has an excellent website that makes searching a pleasure, not always the case with art institutions.   Click here to view their collections.

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