Human zoo

thanks to Eurgenie from US who sends this satire art from a  Milanese artist.

It reminds me of my time buying some art cards in Florence years ago.

If you look carefully there are two versions, animals in cages or people in

cages.

Sent: 28 December 2015   Received: 12 January 2016   Travelled: 15 days

For You

Pastel painting by Annet Loginova

So I was trying to make out the Cyrillic alphabet and guessing the name of the artist,

my first guess was Annet Dopinova, still some ways to go to recognise "D L G and P"

It was nice to see the artist's portfolio on the web, she does soft whimsical art that brings

a warm glow to your heart, just like rubbing a cat's belly, although I doubt my seven

cats can ever be friends with a mouse.

Thanks to Olga via PostcardUnited for this beautiful card

Sent: 3 Sept 2015   Received: 5 Oct 2015   Travelled: 32 days

Spanish woman from Majorca

Pablo Picasso

HRV-24

Thanks to Carmen via PostcardUnited for this great card

of Pablo Picasso's art.

Sent: 24 June 2015   Received: 7 August 2015   Travelled: 44 days

Kliban cats

US 3512976

Thanks to Mary Lou and Greg for the Kliban cats.

You can read more an interview with Bernard Kliban here.

Sent: 29 July 2015   Received: 7 August 2015   Travelled: 9 days

Cat with fish in its mouth

Watercolour on paper 1880 , Calcutta

Victoria and Albert Museum

Thanks to Tony for this cool art cat card from the V&A museum!

Received: 5 August 2015

Snow - Liz Kazakova

What I love about Russian postcards is that there is an endless

stream of art. It's great that Russian artists have postcards as a

platform to spread their art. This card is called Snow by Liz Kazakova,

an artist I've not come across. The beast in here looks like a werewolf

minotaur hybrid. Protecting the little girl from the dragons. Wondering

what the story is behind this!!

Thank you Dmitry

Sent: 17 June 2015   Received: 29 July 2015   Travelled: 41 days

SG177655

Thanks to Ashley via Postcrossing for this art card from kkh.com.sg/heART and the colourful stamps!
Title: The world became beautiful
Artist: RLing
Sent: 5 May 2015   Received: 10 June 2015
Travelled: 35 days

Charley Harper: Eastern Meadowlark

Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 – June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. Born in Frenchton, West Virginia in 1922, Harper's upbringing on his family farm influenced his work to his last days. He left his farm home to study art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and won the academy’s first Stephen H. Wilder Traveling Scholarship. 

During his career, Charley Harper illustrated numerous books, notably The Golden Book of Biology, magazines such as Ford Times, as well as many prints, posters, and other works. As his subjects are mainly natural, with birds prominently featured, Charley often created works for many nature-based organizations, among them the National Park Service; Cincinnati Zoo; Cincinnati Nature Center; Hamilton County (Ohio) Park District; and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. He also designed interpretive displays for Everglades National Park.

Charley Harper died on Sunday, June 10, 2007 at age 84 after contending with pneumonia for some months.

Thanks to sammalinguist via swap-bot for this lovely art card.

Sent: 9 June 2015   Received: 23 June 2015   Travelled: 14 days

Art card from Czech Republic

A beautiful art postcard sent by Eliska

Sent: 20 April 2015  Received: 6 May 2015   Travelled: 16 days

Twinkle twinkle little star

    

Victor Nizovtsev - Twinkle twinkle little star

Cute postcard that arrived today from Belarus.

thanks to Lina

Sent: 27 March 2015   Received: 24 April 2015   Travelled: 28 days

Chinese Zodiac

Yay another paper cut Zodiac postcard from Taiwan. Love the

intricate detail of this card. See the fine handiwork that

went into this card? an absolute gem for my Zodiac collection.

Sent: 3 April 2015   Received: 15 April 2015   Travelled: 12 days

Irina Zeniuk's Blue Cat

A first for me today, an art postcard of Irina Zeniuk's blue cats.

If you google her name you will find many of her blue cat illustrations

which are all fun. Thanks to the postcrosser from Belarus for this nice card

and yay! a different Belarus stamp :D

Sent: 24 March 2015   Received: 15 April 2015   Travelled: 22 days

Illustration from Netherlands

A nice illustration postcard with Dutch Royalty stamps that came into the mailbox today 

from Netherlands

Sent: 22 March 2015   Received: 15 April 2015   Travelled: 24 days

Gnome king by Rudolf Koivu

Rudolf Koivu (1890 – 1946) was a Finnish illustrator and painter, best known for illustrating books of fairytales for children, which are enduringly and timelessly popular. He was born in St. Petersburg. He illustrated stories by Zacharias Topelius, Anni Swan and Hans Christian Andersen, among others. Koivu died in Helsinki in 1946. In his honor, the Rudolf Koivu Prize was established in 1949. It is awarded biennially to Finnish illustrators of children's books.

Thanks to a Finnish postcrosser for this lovely art postcard of Rudolf Koivu!

Sent: 1 April 2015   Received: 14 April 2015   Travelled: 13 days

Atlantis Airship

I love air ships as much as my favourite postcards of hot air balloons , 

here it is carrying the land of Atlantis. A lovely art card that makes me

wonder about the story in here, thank you Elena for the beautiful

card and stamps!

Sent: 30 January 2015   Received: 18 February 2015   Travelled: 19 days

Fish lantern

Ksenya Fedorova "Make a wish"

Oh it's a lantern hahaha, I thought it was a hot air balloon!

But it's still a beautiful whimsical card , thanks to Elena for this card

and the great "I love Postcrossing" Russian stamp

Sent: 30 January 2015   Received: 18 February 2015   Travelled: 19 days

Lighthouse in the Fog

Quint Buchholz "Lighthouse in the Fog"
A lovely art card sent by a grandmother who writes postcards with her granddaughter to learn about the world. This is the first time I've ever seen a card by this artist who draws a rather dreamy and whimsical pictures. Thanks to Charlott and Gabrielle :)
Sent: 19 January 2015   Received: 3 February 2015   Travelled: 15 days

Chop Suey

Edward Hopper - Chop Suey

A beautiful art postcard from Loral of USA who wrote some great quotes

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page" Saint Augustine

Sent: 12 January 2015   Received: 23 January 2015   Travelled: 11 days

Romafil

Art by Michele Pigliucci

 Thanks to Elisabetta for this stamp filled card from the

stamp exhibition Romafil

Sent: 27 October 2014   Travelled: 6 November 2014  Travelled: 10 days

Mozart loved Prague

Love this whimsical card of Mozart and the musical notes floating above him.

After having been to Prague I can definitely understand why Mozart was a big of Prague and even lived there for a few years. I should have taken a free walking tour of Prague but being caught in the rainiest time of the summer I had very wet shoes and miserably wet mood.

thank you Julie for the card( postcrossing.com)

Sent:4 February 2014

Received: 14 February 2014

Travelled: 10 days