Awards have always been considered to be a big deal. Movie stars are celebrated with Oscars, musicians with Grammy Awards. Writers, scientists and economists are recognized by winning a Nobel prize.
But what about artists, photographers, sculptors, and others working in fine arts. Notoriety might come from competitions and auction prices but the ultimate recognitionof their work comes when they are commemorated by being placed on a postage stamp. Suddenly tens of thousounds of people are exposed to their art.
Our digital catalogue aims to provide a small sampling of these commemorative stamps along with several pieces of their artistic output from our catalogue.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Vitruvian Man, c. 1490
Michelangelo 1475-1564
The Creation of Adam, 1508-12
The Prophet Isaiah, 1508-12 Cleopatra c. 1530-32
Caravaggio 1571-1610
The Cardsharps (I Bari) c. 1594-95
with a Basket of Fruit, c.1593-94
Cupid, 1601
Johannes Vermeer 1632-1675
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, c. 1662
Girl with a Pearl Earing, c. 1665
View of Delft 1660-61
Rembrandt 1606-1669
Self-Portrait, 1659
Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh, c. 1633–34
The Blinding of Samson, 1636
The Third of May, 1814
Claude Monet 1840-1926
The Houses of Parliament London, 1904
Rue Montorgueil a Paris, Le 14 Juillet, 1878
Le Bassin aux Nympheas, c. 1914-17
Yellow Irises, 1910
Vincent Van Gogh1853-1890
The Starry Night, 1888
Vase with 12 Sunflowers 1888 Portraitt of Dr.Paul Gachet 1890
Winslow Homer 1836-1910
Breezing Up 1876
Snap the Whip 1872
An Afterglow 1883
Mary Cassatt1845-1926
Breakfast in Bed
Summertime
c. 1894
Offering the Panal to the Bullfighter, 1872
Gustav Klimt 1862-1918
The Knight (preparatory sketch for the Stoclet Frieze), 1911
Church in Unterach 1916 Lady with a Fan c. 1917-18
