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Inside: There is more to dogs in art than just dogs playing poker! Check out 25 of these fetching examples of dogs in art.

Next week is Chinese New Year which starts the year of the dog! To celebrate the year of the dog and to honor the newest member to my family (meet my new buddy Vader Steve Ingram at the bottom of this post), I present to you 25 awesome dogs in art!

Dogs Playing Poker

Growing up I had a print of Dogs Playing Poker in my room. I knew nothing about it, but I just thought it was awesome. For this post on dogs in art, I did a little research and learned more about what I originally thought was just one artwork. It turns out that Cassius Marcellus Coolidge painted 16 dog paintings with 9 of them being poker scenes. Others include dogs playing football, dogs having romantic dinners, and dogs in the courtroom. Check out 15 more things you should know about Dogs Playing Poker on Mental Floss.

These dogs in art would be a great conversation piece with your classes. Why are they not considered “fine art” or given a lot of critical acclaim in the art world? Why are the dogs playing poker seen as a joke in the artworks rather than as serious work?

Dogs in Art

Enjoy this collection of dog art. I hope you find one you connect with!

Dogs in Art - William Wegman, Blue Period with Banjo, 1980 — William Wegman, *Blue Period with Banjo*, 1980

Dogs in Art - Edwin Henry Landseer, Laying Down the Law, 1840 — Edwin Henry Landseer, *Laying Down the Law*, 1840

Dogs in Art - Francisco Goya, The Dog, circa 1819-1823 — Francisco Goya, *The Dog*, circa 1819-1823

Dogs in Art - Franz Marc, Red Dog, 1911 — Franz Marc, *Red Dog*, 1911

Dogs in Art - Frida Kahlo, Itzcuintli Dog with Me, 1938 — Frida Kahlo, *Itzcuintli Dog with Me*, 1938

Dogs in Art - Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog in a Leash, 1912 — Giacomo Balla, *Dynamism of a Dog in a Leash*, 1912

Dogs in Art - Jeff Koons Puppy, 1992 — Jeff Koons, *Puppy*, 1992

Dogs in Art - Joan Miro, Figures and Dog in Front of the Sun, 1949 — Joan Miro, *Figures and Dog in Front of the Sun*, 1949

Dogs in Art - Joshua Reynolds, Miss Bowles, 1775 — Joshua Reynolds, *Miss Bowles*, 1775

Dogs in Art - Marisol Escobar, Women and Dog, 1964 — Marisol Escobar, *Women and Dog*, 1964

Dogs in Art - Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878 — Mary Cassatt, *Little Girl in a Blue Armchair*, 1878

Dogs in Art - Michael Sowa, Their Masters Voice — Michael Sowa, *Their Masters Voice*

Dogs in Art - Otto Dix, Hugo Erfurth with Dog, 1926 — Otto Dix, *Hugo Erfurth with Dog*, 1926

Dogs in Art - Paul Gauguin, Still Life with Three Puppies, 1888 — Paul Gauguin, *Still Life with Three Puppies*, 1888

Dogs in Art - Pompeii Italy, Beware of the Dog — Pompeii Italy, *Beware of the Dog*

Dogs in Art - Rufino Tamayo, Moon Dog, 1973 — Rufino Tamayo, *Moon Dog*, 1973

Dogs in Art - Titian, Portrait of Charles V with a Dog, 1532 — Titian, *Portrait of Charles V with a Dog*, 1532

Dogs in Art - Titian, Portrait of Clarissa Strozzi, 1542 — Titian, *Portrait of Clarissa Strozzi,* 1542

Dogs in Art - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Hata Rokurozaemon with His Dog, 1797 — Utagawa Kuniyoshi, *Hata Rokurozaemon with His Dog*, 1797

Dogs in Art - Vittore Carpaccio, Two Venetian Ladies, 1490 — Vittore Carpaccio, *Two Venetian Ladies*, 1490

Dogs in Art - William Hogarth, Painter and His Pug, 1745 — William Hogarth, *Painter and His Pug*, 1745

Which was your favorite dog in art? Let me know in the comments!

As promised, here is a picture of my new doggie, Vader! He just fell into our laps last month, and we just couldn’t be happier with him!

Inside: This is ultimate list of example artworks that show the different types of line in art for your elements and principles of art lessons. The list of types of line in art includes implied lines, diagonal lines, gesture lines, outlines, contour lines, expressive lines, and more!

I don’t know about you, but I often find myself needing to teach a lesson on one of the elements and principles of art, but it takes a bit of digging to find good examples of art that teach that particular element. To help those in that situation, I have created an elements and principles series that includes lists of example artworks you can use in your elements and principles of art lessons.

To start, I am going to focus on example artworks that use the different types of line in art.

I will add to this list of the types of line in art when I find more, so this is a good one to pin or bookmark! The horizontal picture collages do not have all the pictures from the categories, FYI.

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Examples of Types of Line in Art

The Art Curator for Kids - Example Artworks the Show Types of Line in Art - General

Artworks that Show Line, General

Richard Long, A Line Made by Walking, 1967
Richard Long, Cornish Slate Line, 1990
Frank Stella, Jarama II, 1982
Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965
Charles Sheeler, Classic Landscape, 1931
Joan Miró, The Farm, 1921–1922
Rembrandt van Rijn, Two Studies Of A Bird Of Paradise, 1630
John Singer Sargent, El Jaleo, 1882

Horizontal and Vertical Lines in Art

Stonehenge, ca. 2600-2000 B.C.E.
Ancient Greece, The Parthenon, 447-438 B.C.E.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1936-7
Piet Mondrian, Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1937-42
Byzantine, Justinian and his Attendants, Basilica di San Vitale, 547 C.E

Diagonal Lines in Artworks

Edgar Degas, Blue Dancers, c. 1899
Gustave Caillebotte, Le Pont de L’Europe, 1881-1882
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–20
Franz Marc, Fate of the Animals, 1913
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1600-1601
Francisco Goya, The Forge, c. 1817
Rembrandt van Rijn, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, known as the ‘Night Watch’, 1642

Contour Lines and/or Outlines

Leonardo da Vinci, Self-Portrait, c. 1512
Paul Signac, Still Life with Pitcher, 1919
Carl Krull, Olmec Drawings and Scroll Drawings
Yoruba artist, Shrine Head, 12th-14th century
Andy Warhol, Red Lenin, 1987
Amedeo Modigliani, Jacques and Berthe Lipchitz, 1916

Gesture Lines, Lines that Show Movement

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1767
Utagawa Hiroshige, The Whirlpools of Awa: Naruto Rapids, ca. 1853
Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (Leash in Motion), 1912
Natalia Goncharova, The Cyclist, 1913
Henri Matisse, Dance (I), 1909
Marino Marini, Miracle (Miracolo), 1952
Jacob Lawrence, Harriet Tubman Series, No. 4, 1939-40
Keith Haring, Untitled, 1985

Lines that Help Guide The Viewer’s Eye through the Picture and/or Implied Lines

Marc Chagall, I and the Village, 1911
Georges de La Tour, The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs, late 1620s
Frederic Remington, Dash for the Timber, 1889
Suzanne Caporael, Seeing Things: Rain, 1990
Fernando Botero, The Musicians, 1991
Grant Wood, Parson Weems’ Fable, 1939

Lines that Show Feeling/Emotion, Expressive Lines

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
Mark Di Suvero, Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore), 1967
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1984
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Paris von Gütersloh, 1918
Odilon Redon, Death: “My irony surpasses all others!”, 1889
Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist No. 1, 1950

Repetition of Line, Pattern Using Line, Decorative Line

Henri Matisse, Purple Robe and Anemones, 1937
Berenice Abbott, El, Second and Third Avenue Lines from the portfolio Retrospective, 1982
Aubrey Beardsley, The Peacock Skirt, 1893
Albrecht Dürer, The Rhinoceros, 1515
Benin, Memorial head, 1550-1650
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Deep Magenta Square, 1978

Lines in Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Frank O. Gehry, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Stonehenge, ca. 2600-2000 B.C.E.
Ancient Greece, The Parthenon, 447-438 B.C.E.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, 1936-1937

Lines in Sculpture

Kenneth Snelson, Needle Tower, 1968
Songye, Mask (kifwebe), 19th century AD
Mark Di Suvero, Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore), 1967
Benin, Memorial head, 1550-1650
Yoruba artist, Shrine Head, 12th-14th century
Marino Marini, Miracle (Miracolo), 1952

Lines that Show Texture and/or Shading

Vincent van Gogh, Garden of Flowers, 1888
Rembrandt Van Rijn, The Three Crosses, 1653
Käthe Kollwitz, Self Portrait, 1921

Lines that Show Space and/or Linear Perspective

Gustave Caillebotte, The Floor Scrapers, 1875
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, 1498
Pietro Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, 1481–1482
Dorothea Lange, The Road West, 1938

Lines the Show Emphasis

Grant Wood, Parson Weems’ Fable, 1939
Francisco Goya, Third of May, 1808
Jonathan Borofsky, Walking to the Sky, 2004
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1494-99
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Deep Magenta Square, 1978
Rembrandt van Rijn, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, known as the ‘Night Watch’, 1642
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