Fine Art Dogs

HISTORY AND DISCRIPTION OF

DOG PAINTINGS

to be published in the Dutch dog magazine “Onze Hond” If you are interested in publishing one or more of these articles, illustrations and photographs included please contact me. E-mail: horter@tiscali.nl All articles are available in English and/or in Dutch.

ANTON MAUVE: HOLLANDSE HERDERSHONDEN - Dutch

(Dutch Shepherd Dogs) History and description of several dog paintings by the famous Dutch artist Anton Mauve.

ARTHUR WARDLE: THE GREYHOUND HENRIETTA HORN

ca.1924 - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting of a famous 20th century English dog painter.   Illustrated with the depiction of the painting and a “modern” photo.

ARTHUR J. ELSLEY: DE ST. BERNARD ‘NEVER MIND’ Dutch

History and description of a wonderful Victorian painting by the well- known British painter Arthur J. Elsley (1860-1952).

EDMUND OSTHAUS: THE GERMAN POINTING DOG AND

ENGLISH SETTERS - Dutch

History and description of a painting of three gundogs, a German Shorthaired Pointer and two English Setters by the 19th century German-American painter Edmund Osthaus. Illustrated with a depiction of the painting and several modern photos.

SIR EDWIN HENRY LANSEER: A DISTINGUISHED MEMBER

OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY - Dutch

History and description of one of the famous paintings of a Lanseer by this British artist (1802-1873).

FREDERIK THOMAS DAWS: THE SAMOYED ‘LOGA OF THE

ARCTIC’ - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting by the famous British artist F.T. Daws (born 1878).

EDMUND OSTHAUS: SEVEN ENGLISH SETTERS

Painting

by

Edmund

Osthaus

(1853-1928)

Two

men

played

an

important

role

in

developing

the

modern

English

Setter:

Edward

Laverack

(1800-77),

a

breeder

in

Shropshire

(England),

and

Richard

L.

Purcell

Llewellin

(1840-1925)

of

Leicestershire.

It

is

said

that

Laverack

focused

more

on

conformation

than

hunting

ability.

In

the

painting,

several dogs are resting together on a kennel bench.

JOHN EMMS AND THE CAIRN TERRIER 'TATTERS' - Dutch

History and description of one of John Emms' best paintings of a Terrier.

GUSTAVE MUSS - ARNOLT: BEAGLES ROBINO II AND III

Dutch

History and description of a painting of two famous American Beagles by a 19th century German-American dog painter. Illustrated with a depiction of the painting and a “modern” photo

MAUD EARL AND THE SAINT BERNARD - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting by the famous 19th and 20th century British artist Maud Earl.

LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES: TWO DACHSHOUNDS - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting by the American artist Louis Agassiz Fuertes.

GEORGE STUBBS AND HIS WHITE POODLE - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting by a famous 18th century

English dog painter

Illustrated with a depicting of the painting and a ‘modern’ photo

QUEEN ALEXANDRA WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN AND

HER FAVORITE DOGS

Victorian painting by Frederick Morgan en Thomas Blinks. Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) was married to King Edward VII. She loved dogs, especially Pekingese, Japanese Spaniels, and Borzois. The Dogs In 1901, Sarah Tooley, a writer for the Lady’s Realm magazine, was granted a tour of the Sandringham grounds. Tooley wrote: “Each kennel has an inner compartment as a bedroom, fitted with an iron bedstead and straw mattress. They are well ventilated, with good sanitary arrangements, and are whitewashed once a year. Leading from the bedroom is an open ‘sitting-room,’ supplied with straw and a constant supply of fresh water. Iron gates enclose each kennel from the central yard. Good grass runs are adjacent to the kennels.” She continued: “The Queen always wore a ‘white apron’ and carried baskets filled with cut up bread to hand out as treats. The Queen opens the door of each kennel herself, and its occupants come rushing out at the sound of her voice; indeed, the previous barking has shown that they know who is approaching even before she speaks. The scene is one of tremendous animation when all the dogs have been liberated,and Deerhounds, Wolfhounds, terriers, Newfoundlands, Spitzes, Bassets, and Collies come jumping and barking around.”

WALTER A WEBER: SUSSEX SPANIELS - Dutch

History and description of a dog painting by the American artist Walter A. Weber.

PORTRAIT OF A SACRAMENTO INDIAN WITH TWO

DALMANTIANS (1867) - English

Painting by German-American painter Charles Nahl (1818-1878). This intriguing oil-on-canvas painting depicts a seated smartly dressed man – a Sacramento Indian – two Dalmatians, a cock and a hen in a charming landscape with a river and mountain in the background.

LUDWIG VOLTZ EN DE TECKELS NA DE VOSSENJACHT

Dutch

History and description of a beautiful painting made by a 19th century German painter. Voltz painted in 1855: ‘Dackelpaar vor Jagdutensilien und Weinflaschen’ (A pair of Dachshunds with hunting attributes and wine bottles’).

RICHARD ANSDELL AND TWO KING CHARLES SPANIELS

IN A LANDSCAPE - Dutch

History and description of a painting with two King Charles Spaniels by Richard Ansdell (1815-1885).

EDWIN MEGARGEE EN DE FOX TERRIER ‘CH. FLORNELL

CHECKMATE’ - Dutch

History and description of a beautiful painting by the well-known American artist Edwin Megargee ( 1883-1958).

DOGS AND DWARFS

Paintings of dogs portrayed with a dwarf became popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. Dwarfs were common at nearly every Euro• pean court; the Spanish royal court had more than I 00 dwarfs. They were objectified status symbols - court jesters, and kept to provide entertainment. They were given as gifts to fel• low kings and queens; some were sold among royal families. Sometimes a royal bride would receive a dwarf as a wedding gift. Neverthe• less, dwarfs had a good position at the royal courts. They danced at parties, made jokes, made music and were mimics, sometimes of their royal owners. On the one hand they got a lot of attention, but on the other, they were sometimes treated very badly. In general, they were considered slip-ups of nature. Illustrated with depictions of the paintings.

GERMAN ROMANTIC SCHOOL

What Are We Looking At? Not one painting but several German and American Romantic paintings with dogs. The German paintings are by 19th-century German animal painters Adolf Eberle (1843-1914), who specialized in German breeds, and Heinrich Sperling (1844- 1924). Both artists were true representatives of the German Romantic school of art.