Archives: Pig Artists

Salomon de Bray, Netherlands, (1597-1664) – Odysseus and Circe, (c. 1650-55), oil on canvas. Bray was a painter, poet, architect and designer of silverwork. He painted mostly religious, allegorical and mythological scenes, along with portraits, landscapes, and genre pictures.

Charles Edmund Brock, British, (1870-1938) – Circe the Sorceress Turns Odysseus’ Men into Swine, illustration from Stories from the Classics, The Children’s Hour v. 3. New York: Houghton Mifflin (1929).

Bernard Buffet, French (1928-1999), works include: L’Odyssee – Circé. Buffet was a painter, etcher, lithographer, designer and occasional sculptor.

Adolfo De Carolis, Italy, (1874-1928) – Circe, (1926), polychrome woodcut print. Carolis was a painter, xylographer, illustrator and photographer.

Annibale Carracci, Italy, (1560-1609) – art works include Ulysses and Circe from the Camerino Farnese in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Carracci was a Baroque painter whose technique emphasized linear draftsmanship, as Raphael, but also the glimmering colors and mistier edges of Titian.

Giovanni Castiglione, Italy, (c. 1609-1664) – Circe changing the Companions of Ulysses into Boars, (c. 1650s), oil on canvas. In this work Circe is in the actual moment of transformation of one of Ulysses’ men into a boar.

Louis Chalon, French, (1866-1940) – art works include: Circe. Chalon was a painter, illustrator, gold and silversmith and bronze sculptor. The themes of his paintings were mainly classically inspired.

Henri Chapu, France, (1833-1891) – art works include: Circe. Chapu was a sculptor who worked in a modified Neoclassical tradition.

Pier Francesco Cittadini, Italy, (1615-1681) – art works include: Circe and Odysseus. Cittadini, also called il Milanese, was a Baroque painter, known for painting lush and rich still-lifes, portraits and religious or mythical scenes.