Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
Italy, (1395-1455) The Virgin and Child with Saints George and Anthony Abbot (mid 1400s), egg tempera on poplar 18.3 X 11.4 in. (46.5 x 29 cm.) National Gallery, London Editor’s Note: This is Pisanello’s only signed panel painting. This work, exceptional both for its elegance and its naturalism, shows the two saints in a landscape … Read more
Camille Pissarro, France (1830-1903), works include: Le marché aux cochons, foire de la Saint-Martin à Pontoise, The Pork Butcher and Maison de paysans. Pissarro was an Impressionist painter and friend of Monet, Guillaumin, and Cezanne.
Ludovic Rodolphe “Rodo” Pissarro (1878-1952), was a French painter and the fourth son of the impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. He worked in oils, tempera, watercolor, gouache, wood engraving, drawing and lithography. With his brothers, he founded the painters group called “Monarro”. He is most remembered today as an art historian, responsible for cataloging the life’s work, notes and correspondences of his father, Camille Pissarro.
Paul-Émile Pissarro, France (1884-1972), works include: Femme garde les porcs. Paul-Émile was a painter and print maker. He was the fifth son of Camille Pissarro. Claude Monet became his teacher and close friend after Camille’s death in 1903. Paul-Émile became an established Post Impressionist, preferring to paint the countryside and especially landscape reflections on calm river waters.
United States, (b. 1947) IX — St. Anthony of Egypt — The Hermit (2001), card stock 6 x 9 in. (15.3 x 22.9 cm.) from: “The Tarot of the Saints” Editor’s Note: In his Tarot designs, Place attempts to synchronize Christian hagiography, Gnostic mysticism and Jungian archetypes, believing both the Tarot and the legends of … Read more
Willy Pogány, Hungary/United States, (1882-1955), works include: Circe and the swine, Archer. Pogány was an illustrator of classic and children’s book. He worked in watercolors, oil and especially pen and ink.
Gustave Popelin, France (1859-1937), works include: Marchands de porcs, Normandy, #1 and #2. Gustave Popelin was a painter, draftsman and photographer. He was the son of enamel painter and poet Claudius Popelin (1825-1892). Gustave Popelin studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and also at the Villa Medicis in Rome. His preferred themes were portraits and historical subjects.
Mexico, (1852-1913) LAS TENTACIONES DE SAN ANTONIO [The Temptations of St. Anthony] (1910), relief etching on zinc 3.98 x 4.76 in. (10.1 x 12.1 cm.) Monografia: las Obras de José Guadalupe Posada (1930) Editor’s Note: During his lifetime, the majority of Posada’ s work appeared in penny press publications where the audience required a narrative … Read more
Jane Poupelet, France (1878-1932), works include: Truie couchée. Poupelet was a French sculptor and was the only female member of Rodin’s bande à Schnegg. She created hardy animals and female nudes in soft and sleek shapes. In later life she devoted hemself to graphic work.
Krzysztof Powałka, Poland (b. 1985), works include: Insatiable. Powałka is a painter, graphic designer, illustrator, and stained glass technician. He currently lives and works in Barcelona.