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#InternationalDayofFamilies A rare happy family scene by German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) She made “Greeting” 1892 to commemorate the birth of her first child and went into labour while working on it. #McMasterMuseumofArt collection. #Kollwitz #WomeninCulture #MuseumWeek
A few #SuperbOwl specimens from our collection by a Greek artist (5th century BC), William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764), Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828), and Enook Manomie (Inuit, 1941-2006) #McMasterMuseumofArt #HamOnt #artcollection
The Holy Family with an Angel Offering Fruitc. 1530 – 1532, detail of centre panel of Pieter Coecke van Aelst's triptych. Oil on panel. Collection of McMaster Museum of Art, Levy Bequest Purchase 1993.
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#VaultViewoftheWeek #HolyFamily #McMasterMuseumofArt #PieterCoecke
#VaultViewoftheWeek is by Takao Tanabe, one of Canada's leading painters and printmakers. C/Mark, 2006, acrylic on paper. Gift of the artist to #McMaster
This week's #WCW is artist Marion Long whose painting of the Honourable Albert Matthews hangs in Divinity College. Read about her life and work on the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative's website: https://t.co/VXMNTBGd5b
#WomensHistoryMonth #MakeAnImpact #CanadianArtist
#VaultViewoftheWeek: "Ohne Titel (Früchtestilleben)" a 2007-2008 encaustic painting by #Canadianartist Tony Scherman. Gift of the artist to McMaster Museum of Art
It's #artwordwednesday and this week's word is intaglio: a print where the design is created by scraping away areas+inserting ink within the grooves created.
IMAGE: William Hogarth (1697-1764) False Perspective, 1753, etching on paper, On loan from Dundurn National Historic Site
Balanced herring and oversized mug – a bad mix!
Detail from William Hogarth’s 1751 engraving “Beer Street”. Gift of Dr. Paul Fritz to McMaster Museum of Art. #IntlBeerDay #InternationalBeerDay
It's #artwordwednesday and this week's word is simultaneous narrative: when more than one part of the story is happening at once in one artwork.
IMAGE: Pieter Coecke van Aelst, “A Triptych: The Holy Family with an Angel Offering Fruit”, 1530-32, Levy Bequest Purchase.
Detail of dogs in 1565 engraving by Giorgio Ghisi, Allegory of the Hunt (after Luca Penni). Gift of Herman H. Levy to McMaster Museum of Art
#dogdaysofsummer #sideeye #dog #mcmastercollection #art #engraving #vaultview