George Goodwin Kilburne

So, I came across some of the artist's paintings and what I liked about them was that in many of them the dog looked like pretty consistently the same dog.  Was it his dog?  Did he just like the breed?  I'll show you some examples:











I like to think it was his dog and he just put him in as many paintings as possible.  These are just some I found.  There are lots of other pieces with the same dog.  But, there are also different dogs as well:








So many pictures.  I also love this one because I can almost hear the little dog yapping at the interloper:



I could post so many more.  But this is probably enough for one post!

George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) was an English artist who did many illustrations of upper class British life.  Of course any artist who pays attention to the details of the dog is a favourite of mine and I have had a great time discovering his paintings.

I've loved many of his other paintings, some more with dogs and some without - no way to do this artist justice here but I wanted to keep a few highlights so I can remember to go back and learn more about him.

I would love to own one of his paintings one day.  Of course the only way that would happen would be if I come across one at a garage sale where the owner has no idea about art (you know, someone like me) so I can get it dirt cheap and run. (Would that be so wrong?)