Famous Painters and Dogs
Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010
by Karen Guido
There are artists who are known for their paintings of dogs ~ Henry Crowther, Maud Earl, and Edwin Holt to name a few.
For example - the marvelous and whimsical painting on the right was done by Charles Burton Barber, in 1883, and is titled "Off to School".
The names of these dog artists are probably not well known to most of us. However, pick almost any famous artist in history, and they have surely painted a dog!
Feast your eyes on the works below. You will probably recognize a name or two.
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| Edgar Degas (1862) | Pablo Picasso (1905) | Toulouse-Latrec (1881) |
| "At the Stables Horse and Dog" | "Boy with Dog" | "Touc, Seated on a Table" |
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| Claude Monet (1866) | Pierre Bonnard (1891) | Auguste Renoir (1870) |
| "Camille with a Small Dog" | "Women with Dog" | "Head of a Dog" |
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| Andy Warhol (1976) | Roy Lichtenstein (1965) | |
| "Portrait of Maurice" | "Grrrrrrrrrrr!" |
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| David Hockney (1995) |
| "Dog Painting" |
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