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Happy Mother’s day! Metaphor about our consumer society

03 Jan

A few nice visual art images I found:

Happy Mother’s day! Metaphor about our consumer society
visual art
Image by Pierre Marcel
Catch Fish, his valentine’s NEST
Pink cat – fish, mother’s nest.
Valentine’s original painting by Pierre Marcel
2010,
Acrylic on canvas, 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches ( 70 x 70 cm)
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Happy Mother’s day!
Caricaturist visual about our families in our modern world, this Pierre Marcel "nest painting" is a metaphor about our consumer society.

Anne Goldthwaite, American painter and printmaker, 1869-1944
visual art
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Anne Goldthwaite established herself as one of the South’s most important regionalist artists. Born during the Reconstruction era in Montgomery, Alabama her primary subject through her career was the South and southerners. She was also and advocate of women’s rights and equal rights for other minority groups.

Creator/Photographer: Peter A. Juley & Son

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Dimensions: 8 in x 10 in

Culture: American

Date: 1930

Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5824

Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Photograph Archives

Collection: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection – The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection is comprised of 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the works of more than 11,000 American artists. Throughout its long history, from 1896 to 1975, the Juley firm served as the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York. The Juley Collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975, constitutes a unique visual record of American art sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. Included in the collection are over 4,700 photographic portraits of artists.

Accession number: J0001675

Bashka Paeff, American sculptor, 1893-1979
visual art
Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Bashka Paeff was known as the "Subway sculptor" for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. She was especially known for realistic animal sculptures, war memorials, fountains and portraits which she created in the classical tradition.

Creator/Photographer: Peter A. Juley & Son

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Dimensions: 8 in x 10 in

Culture: American

Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5817

Repository: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Photograph Archives

Collection: Peter A. Juley & Son Collection – The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection is comprised of 127,000 black-and-white photographic negatives documenting the works of more than 11,000 American artists. Throughout its long history, from 1896 to 1975, the Juley firm served as the largest and most respected fine arts photography firm in New York. The Juley Collection, acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1975, constitutes a unique visual record of American art sometimes providing the only photographic documentation of altered, damaged, or lost works. Included in the collection are over 4,700 photographic portraits of artists.

Accession number: J0040128

 
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