Artful BU Zoom Backgrounds

Bucknell has transitioned to remote learning and online engagement and, as a result, Bucknellians are spending a lot more time on video conferencing platforms like Zoom. You might be missing some of your favorite artworks on campus or just looking for unique virtual backgrounds to use with Zoom and other online meeting apps.

The Samek Art Museum is here with a selection of works from Bucknell’s art collection optimized for use as Zoom backgrounds and ready to liven up your video conference! We have works by: Bucknell alumnus and trustee, Makoto Fujimura; retired Bucknell Art faculty, Neil Anderson; historical artists from the collection, and more.

Download the images and follow your favorite platform’s instructions for uploading them as a background. For Zoom, that information can be found here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/210707503-Virtual-Background

Detail from
Lloyd Mifflin
Moonlight Scene on the Susquehanna (aka Chickies Rock), 1904
Oil on board
Gift of J. Houston Mifflin
Samek Art Museum Collection,
cc1927.1

Detail from
Unknown
Unknown (Nuremburg Chronicles), 1493
Woodcut on paper
University Purchase
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1968.6.1

Detail from
Agostino Tassi (attributed to)
Landscape with Tobias and the Angel, 1619 – 1630
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1541

Detail from
James Gillray
The Pigs Possessed – The Broad Bottom’s Litter Running Headlong Into a Sea of Perdition, 1807
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Gift of Frank ’42 and Eleanor ’41 Gifford
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1999.1.38

Detail from
James Gillray
Maniac Ravings or Little Boney in a Strong Fit, 1809
Hand-colored engraving on paper
Gift of Frank ’42 and Eleanor ’41 Gifford
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1999.1.40

Detail from
James Gillray
Presages of the Millennium; with the Destruction of the Faithful, 1795
Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Gift of Frank ’42 and Eleanor ’41 Gifford
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1999.1.17

Detail from
Makoto Fujimura
Bethany-Aroma, 2011
Lithograph
Gift of the Artist
Samek Art Museum Collection,
2016.10.1

Detail from
Makoto Fujimura
Golden View, 2011
Mineral pigments, gold, and platinum on Kumohada paper
Gift of the Artist
Samek Art Museum Collection,
2012.1

Detail from
Makoto Fujimura
Matthew – Consider the Lilies, 2011 (print date: 2016)
Digital print
Gift of the Artist
Samek Art Museum Collection,
2016.10.3

Detail from
Japanese
Untitled (seascape with boats and birds), n.d.
Print on paper
Gift of Gwladys Simon
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1954.2.2e

Detail from
Pontormo (attributed to the School of Andrea del Sarto)
Cupid and Apollo, 1512 – 1514
Oil on canvas
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1961.K.1618

Detail from
John Wesley Little
Dale’s Hill, n.d.
Watercolor on paper
Gift of Marie Leiser Bostwick, Class of 1899, and Andrew A. Leiser Jr., Class of 1899, in memory of their father Andrew Albright Leiser, Class of 1869.
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1957.1.33

Detail from
Benjamin Tupper Newman
Purple Mountains, 1932
Oil on board
Bequest of Christine Wood Rhodes
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1976.1.22

Detail from
Currier and Ives
Sunnyside– on the Hudson, between 1856 and 1907
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Gift of Mrs. A. C. Mart
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1971.3.1

Detail from
Hieronymus Cock,
View of Village with a Castle, 1625 – 1635
Etching on paper
University Purchase
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1982.11

Detail from
Jules Michelin
Une Rigole (Foret de Senant), ca. 1850
Lithograph on paper
University Purchase
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1982.12

Detail from
Jan Sadeler I
Landscape with the Temptation of Christ by the Devil (after Hans Bol), 1589 – 1591
Engraving on paper
University Purchase
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1983.8

Neil Anderson
Ground Painting, 1983
Watercolor on paper
Gift of the artist and Connie Timm
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1985.16.1

Neil Anderson
Ground Painting, 1983
Watercolor on paper
Gift of the artist and Connie Timm
Samek Art Museum Collection,
1985.16.3

Neil Anderson
The Elements: Fire, 2005
Oil on linen
Gift of Gary and Sandy Sojka
Samek Art Museum Collection,
2006.2

Bois Just Wanna Have Fun installation image
Dec. 10 – March 8

Bois Just Wanna Have Fun

Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts from the 13th-18th Centuries installation image
Aug. 14 – Sept. 30

Painted Pages: Illuminated Manuscripts from the 13th-18th Centuries

Against Time: Climate Calls from the Ice Archives installation image
Jan. 14 – March 22

Against Time: Climate Calls from the Ice Archives

Against Time: Climate Calls from the Ice Archives installation image
Jan. 14 – March 22

Against Time: Climate Calls from the Ice Archives

The Etching Revival: Its French Sources and American Legacy Installation shot
Aug. 13 – Sept. 29

The Etching Revival: Its French Sources and American Legacy

Damaged Goods: The Punk Aesthetic Installation shot
Aug. 19 – Dec. 8

Damaged Goods: The Punk Aesthetic

Mystic Detectives Installation shot
Oct. 16 – Dec. 2

Mystic Detectives

Mystic Detectives Installation shot
Oct. 16 – Dec. 2

Mystic Detectives

Kress Gallery Installation shot

Kress Gallery

Afrotechtopia Installation shot
Jan. 21 – Mar 23

Afrotechtopia

Pause and Effect Installation shot
June 21 – Oct. 9

Pause and Effect

Country Living Installation shot
Sept. 30 – Dec 7

Country Living

Country Living Installation shot
Sept. 30 – Dec 7

Country Living

All artworks are either in the public domain or copyright permission has been granted by the artist

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