An English Bulldog we named Wilberforce joined my family this spring as a 10 week old bully. He’s a common sight outside the Indianapolis Museum of Art on mild, sunny days, attacking carefully planted bushes and decapitating bright flowers (Apologies to Irvin, Mark, Chad, etc.). Among the hundreds of photos taken, the one that struck me most by its artistic value is below. This impressionistic view of dog-in-art inspired me to dig a little into the history of dogs in art.

Wilber the English Bulldog







