Thursday, May 30, 2013

Educators

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
~John Dewey

Educators in art today -- everything from the sweet to the strange to the surly.

The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter)
by Louis-Léopold Boilly

The Dancing Lesson
by Thomas Eakins

The Anatomical Lecture
by Jacob de Gheyn II

Cats being instructed In the art of mouse-catching by an owl
Author: Lombard School

In the Village School, a "repentant sinner" and his mother try to win forgiveness from his teacher with food and wine
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The Schoolmaster
by Jan Steen

A Young Scholar and his Tutor
by Rembrandt(1606–1669)

Die Kunststudentin
by Anton Müller

Bucharest Primary School in "Open Air", around 1842
by Charles Doussault (1814–1880)

Art Lesson, a 1901 print
by Charles Dana Gibson


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2 comments:

  1. Linda BMay 30, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Love the cats, but most especially The Village School. Things like that must have occurred, but certainly not today (ha!). Thanks Tabatha.

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  2. HWYMay 30, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Lovely pieces (Die Kunststudentin, a Young Scholar and His Tutor, and The Dancing Lesson in particular), but I'm drawn to the Cat and the Village School for their strangeness.

    And I believe there's a story behind The Schoolmaster, too.

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