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Olive Art |
We are trying to assemble some interesting and important examples of olive art. Please email with suggestions:
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Mission and Olive (Santa Barbara), Roi (Roy)
Partridge ,
19th - 20th century American , 1888 - 1984 23.4 x 27.4 cm (image) inches California State Library long loan 1966 Data from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
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The Olive
Orchard,
Vincent van
Gogh detail: 1889 Chester Dale Collection 1963.10.152
Vincent van Gogh spent several months painting olive trees after his experience with the Impressionists in Paris. In letters to his brother he described how he was fascinated with the trees but how difficult it was to capture the silvery grey leaf colors.
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Olive Trees
Vincent van Gogh
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The Olive Grove, 1889 |
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Vincent van Gogh
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Promenade among the
Olive Trees, 1906 Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954) Oil on canvas; 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (44.5 x 55.2 cm) Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.194) Created in Collioure, an artist’s mecca on the
Mediterranean coast, this is one of Matisse's earliest paintings in the
vivid, unnatural colors favored by the group of artists dubbed "fauves"
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a lekythos, a
small container for olive oil Terracotta, Greek, Attic, black-figure, ca. 550-530 B.C. Attributed to the Amasis Painter Fletcher Fund, 1931 (31.11.10) Judy and Michael H. Steinhardt Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Olive-tree Salicaria - Salicaria Olivetorum,
John Gould
19th century British , 1804 - 1881 lithograph with hand coloring 24.8 x 24.3 cm (image); 44 x 34.1 cm (sheet) inches Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.20113 artist, Elizabeth Gould |
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Pasiphae Embracing an
Olive Tree Matisse, Henri |
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Baume in Blute by Claude Monet |
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Panathenaic Prize
Amphora Terracotta, Greek, Attic, black-figure, ca. 530 B.C. Attributed to the Euphiletos Painter Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.130.12) Mary and Michael Jaharis Gallery of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Every four years, games were held at the
Panathenaic festival, a celebration in honor of Athena, patron goddess of
Athens. Winners in these games received—as prizes—Panathenaic amphoras,
vessels of the distinctive shape and size you see here. Each amphora was
filled with forty-two quarts of olive oil from groves sacred to Athena. |
| The production of Panathenaic amphoras began in the sixth century BC, and continued for several centuries. Athena always appeared on one side, according to a traditional formula. On the other side of the vase, painters depicted the event for which the prize was won. In this case you see five runners in a footrace, probably a sprint. Greek athletes exercised in the nude; they offered artists the opportunity to represent the human body in all its beauty, and in action. | |
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Pallido (California Extra Virgin Olive Oil),
David Lance Goines American , 1945 - , 1987 Color lithograph poster 56.9 x 39 cm (image); 61 x 44.3 cm (sheet) inches Frank M. Carlson Memorial Collection, gift of the artist and Thackrey and Robertson 1989.1.87
Copyright retained by the artist.
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| Artist Biography: Artist, calligrapher and printer of fine books. Lives in Berkeley, CA where he heads the Saint Heironymous Press; his San Francisco dealers are Thackrey & Robertson, 2266 Union Street, San Francisco, 94123 Goines is a poster maker in the traditional sense. Clients approach him with commissions for posters (to announce events, publicize a business, or etc.). This public aspect of his work is combined with uncompromised aesthetic integrity, and thus has created a true modern revival of the medium of fine poster art. The technical excellence for which Goines is known is an inherent part of his works' appeal. Many contemporary poster makers send their designs to contracted commercial printers to be mechanical processing. Goines, however, does all his own production. He uses photo-offset lithography, as opposed to the usual four color separation process of modern offset printing, which results in the familiar overall dot pattern. Goines makes a separate solid tone plate for each color he uses, ranging in number from four to twenty-five. The colors created by this painstaking process are extraordinarily subtle and complex. Reference: Thackrey & Robertson, unpublished checklist of the posters through 1987 (with price list) from August 1990 (see AFGA artist file) Goines' own chronological reference numbers published in Goines Posters (Natick, MA: Alphabet Press, 1985) | |
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Olive Garden Renoir, Pierre Auguste Renoir was instructed by his doctor to spend his winters in the south of France. In 1907 he bought the “Domaine des Collettes” in Cagnes, principally for the olive trees which where doomed to destruction. First he took care of the olive trees then he built a house on the property that was finished in 1908. |
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Les oliviers de l'Estaque Renoir, Pierre Auguste 1882 At the end of January 1882 Renoir visited L'Estaque, a small fishing village just west of Marseille. Staying at the Hotel des Bains overlooking the sea he visited with his friend Cezanne. He was delighted by the olive grove in winter with the blue sea beyond. |
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Olive
Trees Georges Braque 1882-1963 Olive Trees, 1907 Worcester Art Museum - Gift from the Estate of Mrs. Aldus Chapin Higgins |
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Olive Oil labels - from a collection of Dr. Mark Wickens. click on images for more labels |