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    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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    Lewisburg, PA 17837
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