Arty Tuesday: Skulls by de Zurbaran

Another Tuesday and another skull…

St. Francis Contemplating a Skull by Francisco de Zurbaran (c.1635)

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Arty Tuesday: Skulls – da Vinci

I couldn’t really resist human skulls this month. And when an artist gets hold of a skull, it seems to be used again and again. How we can resist depicting this symbol of our own mortality.

View of a Skull by Leonardo da Vinci (c.1500)

View of a Skull by Leonardo da Vinci (c.1489)

Weirdly, since I work at a medical school, I see students wandering around with skulls in boxes every fall.

Muppets: Jungle Boogie

This week needs some Jungle Boogie. Sam the Eagle needs to learn how to get down.

Arty Tuesday: 6 by Basquiat

If you’ve been paying attention, I do love the dynamism of Basquiat’s work and would love to live in a world where he lived longer to see where he would have gone with his art.

Six Crimee by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982)

All the works this month were from the 20th century.
September themes previously were: pieces owned by NOMA (2012), sun (2013), fall leaves (2014), watermelon (2015), parrot (2016).

Arty Tuesday: 6 by Heron

Patrick Heron is another new to me artist. I’m guessing the 6 here, refers to the composition number not the content. But I could be wrong…

Six in Light Orange with Red in Yellow by Patrick Heron (1970)

All pieces this month are from the 20th century

Arty Tuesday: 6 by Davis

Stuart Davis is a new artist for me but I love the energy in this piece.

Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors – 7th Avenue Style by Stuart Davis (1940)

All pieces this month are from the 20th century.

Arty Tuesday: 6 by Hodler

Since I chose 5 last month… and I’m still giggling over my second post of horse butts, I decided to go with 6 this month. PLUS I realized that this year six of posting about art.

Lake Geneva with six swans (Genfersee mit sechs Schwänen) by Ferdinand Hodler (1914_

All works this month are from the 20th century.