Arvo, Toots! I should (nah, not doing that word. I don't do "shoulds") I could have chosen to go to Portraits from Life drawing this arvo, but needed more rest. So I'm enjoying one of the books I bought in Canberra, at the National Library Bookshop.
I thought I was being very self indulgent with this one - but it's already got scribbled notes with ideas of things I want to do. And it's a beautiful book! First published 2012, revised and expanded 2016, this is the 2026 reprint. "...showcasing over 150 masterworks that illustrate the deep bond between Australians and their best friends. Steven Miller's whimsical text argues that all the major shifts which occurred in Australian art, and which have traditionally been attributed to the environment or historical factors, really occurred because of dogs."
Highly recommending this if you have an arty dog lover in your life.
#art #AustralianArt #DogsinArt #DogsofMastodon

Cloisonne Enamel Pekingese #Dog Effigy
China, 20th c.
H 5.8 x W 7 cm (2.25 x 2.75 in.)
“Cloisonne animal effigies were produced in China during the 20th c. as decorative objects, w/ the Pekingese modeled after a breed traditionally associated w/ imperial & domestic settings.”
#ChineseArt #DogsInArt
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/226547582_a-chinese-cloisonne-enamel-pekingese-dog-effigy-20th-century-9fh-hunghom-kowloon

Muriel Helen Dawson (NZ/UK, 1897-1974)
Seashore, c.1935
Pastel with white heightening
http://www.hamsheregallery.co.uk/stock.php?id=1375
#DogsInArt #ScottishTerrier #WomenArtists
“Most likely the artist's dog; several of the drawings and sketches by Muriel Helen Dawson (1897-1974), held at the Natural History Museum, London, depict a Scottish Terrier and Cocker Spaniel, the artist's dogs, walking in the Sussex countryside.”

#BlueMonday 💙
George Rodrigue (USA, 1944-2013)
Our Moon is Out, 1998
Acrylic on canvas, 18x14 in.
#DogsInArt
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Gv3UDnM4G/?mibextid=wwXIfr

For #MonochromeMonday: His name is SNEGGIE 🥰
Hjalmar Hagelstam (Finland, 1899-1941)
Sneggie, White Puppy, 1932
Etching print, paper: 40 × 55 cm, plate: 21.6 × 29.1 cm
Finnish National Gallery Collection / Ateneum Art Museum https://www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/568260
#DogsInArt

#TwoForTuesday :
Karel Dujardin (Dutch, 1622–1678)
The #Dog and the #Cat, c.1641–78
Etching; 2nd state of 2
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 1/4 in. (7.4 × 8.2 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2024.317.13 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/905156
#CatsInArt #DogsInArt

#Caturday cuties 🐱:
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (Dutch, 1821-1909)
A mother with her playful kittens watched over by a terrier (n.d.)
oil on panel, 13 ¼ x 17 ½ in. (33.6 x 44.5 cm)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6049046
#CatsInArt #DogsInArt #WomenArtists

#TwoForTuesday:
Pair of Incense Boxes in the Shape of #Dog Charms
Japan, Edo period, c.1840
Porcelain w/ overglaze enamels (Minpei kilns)
H 1 3/4 in (4.4 cm); L 2 1/2 in (6.4 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art 23.225.6a,b & 23.225.7a,b
#DogsInArt #JapaneseArt
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45358
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45359

“Schnapshund” Bottle
Probably Wistarburgh Glassworks, NJ, USA 1738-c.1777
Free-blown glass H 6.5 in / 16.5 cm
Met 1981.83 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/632
“This glass dog, or schnapshund, is an interesting example of a traditional German form persisting in late 18th c. colonial America.”
#DogsInArt

Brooch, USA, early 1940s
Designed by Marion Weeber Welsh (USA, 1905–2000)
Plastic, #coral, thread, metal; 8h x 6.5w x 2.2d cm (3 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Cooper Hewitt 2006-2-8
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18691747/
#Poodle #DogsInArt #WomenArtists