• Rather fetching: classic portraits of dogs - in pictures

    1 day ago - By The Guardian

    The exhibition Portraits of Dogs at London's Wallace Collection was inspired by a single painting of a pet. Not one of the famous works in the show - by Lucian Freud, George Stubbs or Edwin Landseer - or even an image of a fabulous pedigree hound. The influential artwork was A Dog Lying on a Ledge , a picture of a mutt by an unknown artist, that's a favourite of Wallace Collection director Xavier Bray. It seems appropriate that such an ordinary yet clearly loving portrait inspired a show celebrating our everyday relationship with pets. “Art helps us express our shared experiences with...
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