Famous Artists and Their Painted Dogs
Two famous artists and thier dogs
Frida Kahlo
Painter Frida Kahlo’s home, Casa Azul, was filled with exotic pets with creative names — Fulang Chang, a.k.a. Bonito, an Amazon parrot (who would do tricks for butter), Granizo, a fawn, and Gertrudis Caca Blanca, an eagle. She also kept monkeys, parakeets, macaws, hens and sparrows and an Xoloitzcuintle (a Mexican hairless dog) named Mr Xoloti. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self portraits which feature her beloved pets.
Georgia O’Keeffe
When modernist painter, Georgia O’Keeffe wasn’t painting, she was getting inspiration by taking walks through the rocky desert of New Mexico with her dogs, Bo and Chia (two of six Chow Chow breed pups she’d eventually own). During an interview with The Albuquerque Tribune in 1973, O’Keeffe said, “It seems to be my mission in life to wait on a dog weiterlesen.” While O’Keeffe’s Chow Chows inspired her, she and her dogs, in turn, inspired artist Marisol Escobar to create this sculpture “Portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe.”
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Famous Painter O’Keeffe’s Dog
