CÃO II

Graça Morais, "A caminhada do medo", 2011

David Carson, book ilustration

Paula Rego, "Os cães de Barcelona", 1965

Claude Monet, "Camille with a small dog", 1866

Luisa Popenko, "girl with a dog", 2006

Gerrit Dou, "sleeping dog", 1650

M.C. Escher

Amadeo Souza Cardoso, "Os galgos", 1911

Andrew Wyeth, "master bedroom", 1965

George Rodrigues, "blue dog"

Kees Van Dongen

Joan Miro, "Dog barking at the Moon", 1952

Norman Rockwell, "He is going to be taller than dad", 1939

Milton Avery, "the green settee", 1943

Kate Pugsley, "inside voices", 2011

 Fernand Khnopff, "portrait of  Mary von Stuck", 1916

Alice Neel, "King", ink on paper, 1954

CÃO   -   PERRO   -   DOG   -   CHIEN   -   HOND

Dia 26 de Agosto é celebrado o Dia do Cão  que se deseja seja todos os dias.

A dog can have many roles - protection, police, military, hunting, guide for blind people, company, friend etc etc, but is also an art inspiration for many of the artists as you may see in the following paintings.

Jean Michel Basquiat, "Boy and Dog in a Johnny pump", 1982

Arthur Edward Waite, "the fool and his dog"

Sara Vanderbeek, Otis, Ike, Werner and Lu, 2009

Tony Eric, "dog lover"

C.M. Coolidge, "his station and four aces", 1903

Alfred de Dreuz, "Pug dog in an armchair", 1857

Otto Dix, "the match seller", 1921

Lucian Freud, "girl with a white dog",  1951

Felice Casorati, "nude before a mirror", 1955

Giacomo Balla, "dynamism of a dog on a leash", 1912

Dórdio Gomes

Fabio Hurtado, "mujer con acordéon", 1992

Maria Sewcz, "Dalmatian", gelatin silver print, 1986

  Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, "O Pastor"

GEOFFREY KEY

Born 1941 in Manchester, United Kingdom.

He attended the High School of Art and progressed, in 1958, to post graduate studies at the Manchester Regional College of Art.

His palette of colours are vibrant. With a great success he has had numerous solo exhibitions and his works are held in international private and public collections.

"boat builders"

"beach girls"

"dance studio"

"pub couple", 2008

"figure with shutters", 1991

"seaside girls"

"beach figures"

"street life"

"watching"

"Summer rider"

"Moon table"

"night rider"

"the fight"

FELICE CASORATI

1883-1963

Born in Novara, Italy.

Studied at the University of Padua and became a painter, sculptor and printmaker. His paintings are remarcable because of the perspective effects.

He often worked in tempera inspired by the Renaissance masters.

He was arrested in 1923 for his involvement with an antifascist group.

Most of his more important works are in Italian museums and in private collections.

"Raja", 1925

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"meriggio", 1923

"La Mujer la Armadura", 1921

Beethoven, 1928

"gli scolari"

"Labbraccio"

1912, Venecia

"Susanna", 1929

"vocation", 1939

"le due bambine"

"Ragazza di Pavarolo", 1937

"Donna vicino al tavolo"

"Donne chine sulle carte da gioco"

"Daphne a pavarolo", 1934

"Masks", 1921