Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
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.
Jean Guennal, England, (b. 1950), works include: A scene from Auray, Brittany. Guennal is a painter in watercolor and gouache. He studied at the Van der Kellen decoration School of Brussels. Guennal and his wife divided their year living in Auray on the Morbihan Gulf and Evian on the shores of Lake Geneva.