#FishFriday :

Ernest Chaplet (France, 1835-1909) Entwined Fish and Eel, 1888-1909 Porcelain with sang de boeuf glaze Now on display at Philadelphia Museum of Art “Firing the Imagination: Japanese Intluence on French Ceramics, 1860-1910”

#FishFriday:

Anton Seder (Germany 1850 - France 1916) Art Nouveau fish designs, Plates 3 & 7 in Das Thier in der decorativen Kunst (1896)

#FishFriday:

Paul René Gauguin (Norway, 1911-1976) Havhest (Seahorse), 1949 color woodcut print, H 478mm x W 603mm Nasjonalmuseet NG.K&H.B.00926

#FishFriday:

Olli Lyytikäinen (Finland, 1949-1987) Another Kind of Fish, 1970 colour pencil & watercolour on paper,33 × 23 cm Kansallisgalleria / Finnish National Gallery N-1997-16

#MonochromeMonday:

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939) 2 plates of Art Nouveau animal patterns from Documents Decoratifs, Paris, 1901-2

For #ManuscriptMonday, here is a pair of hippocampus-style seahorses mingling with the more fishy looking fish ;)

Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Gr. IV. 35, f. 18v (Greek Physiologus), 16th c.

For #NationalCatfishDay on #MetalMonday :

Iriyama Yoshitomo (Japan, active c.1700-1750) Tsuba with Catfish and Eel, c.1700-1750 copper, gold, silver; 3.25 in. (8.3 cm) Walters Art Museum 1.361

"Both catfish and eel are associated with summer."

For #WorldSeaTurtleDay :

Sue Nagel (Australian, b.1942) Turtle in the Underworld, n.d. oil on board, 80 x 60cm

#BookRecommendation for #WorldOceansDay 🌊:

Fish in Art by Christine E. Jackson (2012)

For #FishFriday:

Julien van Vlasselaer (Belgian, 1907-1982) Aquarium, n.d. Tapestry, 128 x 195 cm

#FishFriday :

Rita Angus (New Zealand, 1908-1970) Fish V, 1969 oil on hardboard, H 61.0 x L 60.6 cm Te Papa 1970-0012-2

FishFriday :

Scottie Wilson (Scottish, 1888-1972) FISH FANTASY, c.1950 Pen, ink & crayon, 37 x 34 cm (14.5 x 13.5 in)

For #FishFriday + #FintasticFriday : Giving #Sharks #Rays #Skates & #Sawfish a Voice, a celebration of all #Elasmobranchs:

Richard Ellis (American, b.1938) Great White Shark, c.1979 Lithograph, 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm) 🆔 The striped fish swimming around the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) are Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor), which have a neat mutualistic relationship with sharks:

For #FindsFriday, a piece to cover both #FishFriday + #FrogFriday spotted during my visit to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:

Cruet for oil and vinegar

Florence, Italy, made by the Medici Factory (active 1575-87)

Soft-paste porcelain, underglaze blue decoration, 17.1 x 14 x 8.9 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

“This rare cruet was produced at the porcelain workshop established by Grand Duke Francesco I de Medici— the first in Europe to make a convincing imitation of coveted Chinese (hard-paste) porcelain. Its experimental mixture of clay and ground glass nearly achieves the look of the real thing.”

For #FishFriday:

Theodor Seuss Geisel 'Dr. Seuss' (American, 1904-91)

Star Fish, c. 1970

Crayon on paper

now on display at “Childhood Favorites: 100 Years of Children’s Book Illustration” exhibition at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

“Familiar characters from One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960), the starfish are just a few of the strange pets described in this rhyming book, which continues to be a best-seller among children's books and a favorite with teachers.”

#FishFriday:

Hans Jelinek (Austrian, 1910 - 1992) Fish in Whirlpool, 1953 color woodcut print, 42 × 36 cm Moderna Museet NMG 98/1956

#FishFriday:

Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991) color woodblock prints:

1. "Cocho Uo" ("Butterfly Fish"), 1967 🆔Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)

2. "Koi no Mizu" ("Carp in Water"), 1957 🆔Koi, ornamental var. of Amur Carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus “koi”)