Animals (real and imaginary) in Art Gallery

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Animals have been depicted in art and commercial designs for as long as man has been creating art in the first place.

What examples tickle your fancy? Paintings? Drawings? Photographs? Sculpture? Etc...?

Polar Bear [marble], ca 1923. Francois Pompon. Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Javanese Panther [diorite], 1922 - 25. Matteo Hernandez. Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Marble statue of a lion [marble], ca 400 - 390 BC. Unknown. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elephant & Castle, restaurant signage, unknown date. Unknown.
68 Greenwich Ave., NY, NY.

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@tsarstepan,

This thread is a really good idea, tsar!

I will put my "think hat" on & return later.

Consider this bookmarking.

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@msolga,

I always loved these lions (plus the birds, plus the bull (?), plus the ...? You've gotta look to find em! ) in this quite mysterious Henri Rousseau painting ...

Love this one, too. So gentle & peaceful. Smile

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R U 4 Real ?

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@Pepijn Sweep,

Are you speaking to me, Pepi?

If so: yes, I am 4 real.

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@msolga,

I love this on a Sunday morning. Hell, it beats at 145 BPM. Sorry, Club Roxy is on the move Again. Loved thât club. U go out a lot ? After cooking and doing the dishes I am usually to tired to do so. I will go out to-night; I always win !

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Elephants by Andries Botha:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dfyWISO77Xk/SrTjzIabu3I/AAAAAAAAC-Q/MyzkzrhTU1w/s400/andries_botha_elephants.jpg

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Hand art by Guido Daniele:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bornDnOQ

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A larger and framed version of this is hanging on the wall behind my computer. I love the feline in this:

http://www.janroy.com/post-giffs/other-giffs/serigraphs-1981.gif

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@Roberta,

Do U have a Bi, Big, BoY

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@msolga,

Rousseau always brings me to a peaceful state of mind MsOlga. He removes the menace that might typically come with the depiction of predatory cats.

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@Roberta,

Are these elephants a permanent fixture? Or a temporary site installation?
Either way, they are magnificent! I wish them well in their journey across the ocean.

And I love that piano/cat serigraph poster. What great yet simple silhouette design.

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@tsarstepan,

http://www.lalouver.com/resource/butterfield_bio/butterfield.jpg

I've long loved Deborah Butterfield's sculptures. I saw them in person one time, back when they were made out of wood - I think she does them primarily in bronze now.

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