Babar the Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (originally in French) via Muse Reviews
Elephants are big in non-native cultures like the United States, Europe, Japan. We have Babar, Dumbo and the massive mascot of the GOP. Why elephants have thudded into our hearts more than hippos or camels I don’t know. My next few blogposts will be a celebration of the visual elephant as the West and un-elephanted East envision it.
1862 lithograph by E.B. Kellogg and E.C. Kellogg See an argument that this pre-dates the Thomas Nast GOP elephant by 2 years, at elektratig
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These two images started me on my quest:
An Elephant Rubbing Itself Against a Tree by Roelant Savery (Flemish, 1576 – 1639) via Google Art Project
Painting of Elephants by Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, 1919-2010) via chinaonlinemuseum
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A Modest Serving of Elephants
Elephant in a Landscape by Tiepolo (Italian, 1727 – 1804) via The Metropoloitan Museum of Art
Rembrandt drawing of an elephant, 1637 via PubHist.com
Who Will Bell the Cat? etching by Francisco Goya, 1820 via Harris Schrank Fine Prints
Elephant and Monkey by Henri Guerard (1846 – 1897) via artexpertswebsite
Rudyard Kipling’s illustration for his story The Elephant’s Child/How the Elephant Got His Trunk, 1902 via British Library English Timeline
Alexander Calder, Elephant, 1930/Cast 1966 via Cave to Canvas
Early 20th Century leather elephant via Bonhams
Alexander Calder, Elephant Chair with Lamp, 1928 via San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Wire elephant, 1928, by Alexander Calder via gg-art
Elephant drawing by e. e. cummings, ca 1921 via The Metropoloitan Museum of Art
Dali sculpture of an Elephant with long legs via thedailytelecraft
Salvador Dali, The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1946) via 40hoursinbrisbane
Salvador Dali, Swans Reflecting Elephants (1937) via fathomlessmystery
