Ruty, Paul
Paul Ruty, France (1863-?), works include: Jour de marché aux cochons dans la région de l’Aven. Ruty was a painter.
Archives: Pig Artists
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
Sabattier, Louis Remy
Louis Remy Sabattier, France (1863-1935), works include: The Saint-Nicolas Fair in Evreux. Sabattier was a painter and illustrator, best known for his work at the newspaper l’Illustration, his illustrations depicting the early days of motoring and his seascape paintings.
Saftleven, Cornelis and Herman
Dutch, (1607-1681) and (1609-1685) The Temptation of St. Anthony (ndg.), oil on panel 20.4 x 16.7 in. (51.7 x 42.5 cm.) The Bowes Museum, England Editor’s Note: ‘The Temptation of St. Anthony’ above was painted solely by Cornelis, while the etching of ‘The Porcher’ shown below was a collaboration of Cornelis and Herman. The Porcher … Read more
Salomon, Bernard
France, (c.1508-c. 1561) Circe turns Ulysses’ crew into swine (1557), woodcut engraving illustration from:Ovid. Metamorphoses. Lyon: (1557). Editor’s Note: This image was copied by Virgil Solis for Feyerabent’s 1563 edition of the Metamorphoses produced in Frankfurt. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (c. 1557), wood engraving illustration from:Biblia Sacra. Lyons: Jean de Tournes, (1557). Editor’s … Read more
Sargent, John Singer
United States, (1856-1925) Ilex Wood at Majorca with Blue Pigs (1908), oil on canvas 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.2 cm.) Mitchell Museum Three Pigs and a Portrait (1886), pen and ink on paper 4.8 x 7.6 in. (12.2 x 19.3 cm.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston About the Artist John Singer Sargent, United … Read more
Saunier, Noel
Noel Saunier, France (1847-1890), works include: Le gardien de cochon. Saunier was a painter, illustrator and poster artist. His first comercial success came from Belle Epoque images of stylish women, later, he changed to plein air painting in the French countryside.
Schongauer, Martin
Germany, (c.1450-1491) Nativity and St. Anthony (ndg.), tempera on wood Musée d’Unterlinden Family of Pigs (c. 1480/1490), engraving 2.6 x 3.7 in. (6.6 x 9.4 cm.) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Boar Family (ndg.), pen and ink on white paper 4.5 x 7.5 in. (11.4 x 19.1 cm.) Hamburg Kunsthalle, Germany About the Artist … Read more
Serusier, Paul
Paul Serusier, France (1863-1927), works include: Les porcelets, Bretonne donnant à manger aux cochons and Danse bretonne. Serusier was perhaps more of a Post-Impressionist and Nabis theorist than a painter. Originally a student of philosophy, Serusier decided to become an painter and painted with Paul Gauguin in Brittany. In later life Serusier became deeply interested in concepts of religious symbolism and sacred proportions.
Servant, Michel Adrien
Michel Adrien Servant, France (1885-1949), works include: Marche aux cochons Valognes, Les paysans au marché aux cochons, Une Promenade À La Foire Aux Cochons and Menu de Banquet. Servant studied at L’Ècole Estienne, in Paris as an assistant to the painter Frank Brangwyn. Servant’s career did not develop until the 1920s, working from Cherbourg in Normandy, he fulfilled numerous community commissions.
Sevaistre, Pierre
Pierre Sevaistre, France (1879-1949), works include: On tue le porc à la ferme. Sevaistre was a painter. He was a student of Luc-Olivier Merson at the l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He served in the French military in WWI and was wounded by shrapnel, loosing the use of his right hand, but after the war he continued to paint left handed.