John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Victorian painter, influenced by Pre-Raphaelites.
1. An Idyll of Old Chelsea 1893.
2. Greenock Shipping 1881.
3. Leeds Bridge 1880.
4. Liverpool from Wapping 1885.
5. Liverpool Quay by Moonlight.
6. On Hampstead Hill 1881.
7. Park Row Leeds 1882.
8. Reflections on the Thames, Westminster 1880.
9. Yew Court, Scalby 1875.
In 1945 American animator Walt Disney and Catalan painter Salvador Dalí began production on a collaborative short, Destino (direct link), featuring music by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez performed by Dora Luz.
It would only be completed and released in 2003, 58 years later, by Walt Disney’s grandson, using both traditional and computerised animation.
Mirror #3 (Six Panels)1971
Oil and Magna on canvas, 120 x 132 inches
Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Art, Arts & Architecture, January 1947
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The Funeral of Shelley by Louis Édouard Fournier, 1889.
This is no ordinary hedgehog. The bestiary (book of beasts) this little guy inhabits describes the imaginative way this hedgehog gathers fruits. He spears grapes with his spikes and rolls through the vine, collecting more and more as he goes. Moral of the story? Care for your spiritual truths, or the devil may carry them off.
A Hedgehog (detail), Franco-Flemish, about 1270. Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment. The J. Paul Getty Museum
“To Helena, foster daughter, the incomparable and worthy soul.”
Was Helena a favorite pet or beloved family member? This grave relief is unusual in size and specificity for one made for an animal, but the lack of human representation with the pet does make us wonder—maybe this was one special dog? The pup depicted is certainly well-nourished, appears to have had a litter in her lifetime, and has a face that says “I love you too, dear master!”
Villa educator Eric Bruehl relates ancient comedy to the human condition. Where there are laughs there are connections, explored on Getty Voices.
Gravestone of Helena, Roman, about A.D. 150–200. Marble. The J. Paul Getty Museum
Maurice-Quentin Delatour. Detail from Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour, 1755.
