Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
Swiss/United States, (1883-1942) Victims of Circe (1948), halftone print illustration from: Albert Hurter. He Drew As He Pleased. New York: Simon and Schuster (1948) About the Artist Albert Hurter (1883-1942) was a Swiss born US emigrant illustrator. Hurter studied architecture and art for seven years in Europe. He came to the US about 1914 and … Read more
Nona Hyytinen, United States (contemporary), works includes: Circe and Odysseus. Hyytinen is a figurative oil painter and portraitist. Her is inspired by the British Pre-Raphaelites and from literature and history and her Scandinavian heritage.
Sarah Innes, United States, (b. 1954), works include: Pig with apple in its mouth. Innes is a painter and print-maker. She earned her MFA at the University of Michigan, and taught there for several years. She describes herself: “I draw, paint and pochoir/print-make on a daily basis often scenes from daily life – sometimes enhanced by artistic prerogative.”
Yvonne Jean-Haffen, France, (1895-1993). works include: Foire au Folgoet, Cour de ferme au pays de Caux and Marché aux cochons. Jean-Haffen was a painter, illustrator and ceramicist. She favored life in Brittany and its culture and much or her work depicted pardons, landscapes, seascapes and rural scenes.
Véronique Joffre, France (b. 1982), works include: Circe turns Odysseus’ companions into swine. Joffre is an illustrator whose work has focused primarily on illustrations for children’s books and magazines. She is a graduate of the Estienne School, Strasbourg, in Decorative Arts.
Jacob Jordaens, (1593-1678) was a Flemish painter. He painted altarpieces, mythological, and allegorical scenes and genre scenes based on proverbs. He was also prominent designer of tapestries.
Gustave-Henri Jossot, also known as Abdul Karim, (1866-1951), works include: Retour du marche and Breton et son cochon. Jossot was a French caricaturist, illustrator, poster designer, Orientalist painter, writer and thinker. He is mainly remembered for his work for the Paris humor and satire journal l’Assiette au beurre where much of his work lampooned the bourgeoisie.
United States, (b. 1973) Circe (2001), pen and ink illustration Private collection Editor’s Note: I was intrigued by the expression on Circe’s face. She seemed pensive, bewildered , frustrated… Sitting alone with a bunch of pigs and thinking, “Well, now what?” I was reminded of Jack Gilbert’s poem “The Plundering of Circe” which begins: Circe … Read more
Czech Republic (then Bohemia), (1877-1959) Circe (c. 1924), printed lithograph on heavy wove paper 9.4 x 14.8 in.(23.8 x 37.6 cm.) from: Christmastide (1925),a thematic series of thirteen lithographs Private collection About the Artist Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) was born in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. He lived and worked for most of his … Read more
Peteris Kundzins [Pēteris Kundziņš], Latvia, (1886-1958), works include: Cūkgans [Swineherd]. Kundzins was a landscape painter and designer of theatrical scenery. He focused mainly on the landscape genre and created psychologically and spiritually saturated landscapes with clouds occupying most of the canvas.