Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
United States, (1921-2013) Porker Board Squared (1995), oil on canvas 37 x 37 in. (92 x 92 cm.) Porkopolis Editorial Office, Palenburg, OH Editor’s Note: Cap painted ‘Porker Board Squared’ at my request, after much cajoling and the promise of a grilled tuna dinner. I decided to make it the centerpiece our the Art Museum. … Read more
Canada, (1881-1942) Killing the Pig (1928-1933), mixed media on paper 7.4 x 7.6 in. (19.0 x 19.3 cm.) McMichael Canadian Art Collection About the Artist Clarence Gagnon, Canadian, (1881-1942). Born in Quebec, Gagnon studied first in Montréal under William Brymner and then at the Academie Julian, Paris, with the painter Jean-Paul Laurens. Gagnon first achieved … Read more
Art works by Thomas Gainsborough in which pigs are the subject, inspiration, a significant component of the imagery, a thematic form or a symbol.
Paul Gauguin, French, (1848-1903), works include: The Swineherd, Brittany, La Barriere and Cochon sauvage, tahitienne, réunion nocturne. Gauguin was one of the leading French painters of the Post-impressionist period. Later, Gauguin adapted a less naturalistic style, which he called synthetism, characterized by the use of large flat areas of non-naturalistic color. During several trips to Tahiti, he took every opportunity to study Tahitian old culture and tried to resurrect it in his paintings.
Numa François Gillet, France (1868-1940), works include: La gardienne de cochons. Gillet was a French painter, ceramicist and architect/designer of the Symbolist movement. He was a student of Tony Robert-Fleury and Bouguereau in Paris. Gillet designed villas in the style of the Merovingian dynasty.
Netherlands, (1853-1890) Letter sketch – country road with cottages (1883), pen and ink (discoloured to brown) on cream colored machine-made wove paper 2.6 x 5.3 in. (6.5 x 13.5 cm.) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Editor’s Note: Here is a close-up of the two pigs in this sketch. Nieuw-Amsterdam is a village in the northeast Netherlands, … Read more
Dutch, (1558-1617) St. Anthony Tempted (c. 16th century), engraving 8.1 x 5.6 in. (20.6 x 14.1 cm.) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Editor’s Note: Here is a close up of the pig above: About the Artist Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch, (1558-1617). Goltzius was a printmaker, painter and engraver. He was a leading figure of the … Read more
Albert Goodwin, England (1845-1932), works includes: Circe and the Swine. Goodwin was a landscape painter. He specialized in watercolors, and his work shows the influences of Turner and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
French, (1870 – ?) The Conversion of Ulysses (ndg.), oil on canvas Private collection About the Artist Hippolyte Casimir Gourse (1870 – ?) was a French painter. He was a pupil of J.P. Laurens and Вenjamin Constant and he was a member of the Societe des Artistes FranCais. [DES-01/11]
George Grosz, Germany/United States, (1893-1959), works include: Circe, Sonniges Land: Kindergedichte, La Charcuterie, Fleischer, Fleischerwagen and Der Metzger und das Dienstmadchen. Grosz was a painter, draughtsman and illustrator. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dadaist art movement, and was considered a misanthropist and a Utopian. Grosz left Germany in 1933. He became a US citizen and lived in New York City as an art professor and painter until 1958.