Description

Frenchie, The Icon 314 by DK Bulldogs is one of a three-part silkscreen-inspired series celebrating the expressive elegance and cultural symbolism of the French Bulldog. Created in homage to the iconic 1980s portraiture style pioneered by Andy Warhol, the series abstracts the beloved Frenchie through bold outlines, flat planes of vivid color, and a focus on stylized form over photographic realism. This composition in particular is heavily inspired by Warhol’s Ingrid Bergman, The Nun, with the bulldog adopting the same central placement, quiet nobility, and reverent stillness.

In The Icon, the French Bulldog is cloaked in minimalist outlines that echo the lines of a monastic robe, with the figure front-facing, bathed in contrasting blocks of purple, yellow, red, and black. The facial features have been reduced to iconic essentials—nostrils, jowls, and folds—accentuated with a deep black mustache-like marking that references both the breed’s expression and the stoic serenity of Warhol’s nun. As in Warhol’s original, there are no pupils or visible irises, evoking a sense of timeless stillness and divine interiority. The effect is both contemplative and reverential, elevating the French Bulldog into a symbolic figure of affection, loyalty, and cultural devotion.

Frenchie, The Icon 314 is not merely a portrait of a dog—it is a reflection on contemporary iconography, celebrity, and the domesticated deity-like status we grant our pets. Drawing upon Warhol’s themes of fame, fixation, and visual repetition, this work pays tribute to the cultural elevation of the French Bulldog as both fashion symbol and emotional anchor in modern life.

Like Warhol’s depictions of Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, and Elvis Presley, this portrait harnesses color blocking and line tracing to strip the subject of specific identity while simultaneously mythologizing it. It asks the viewer to consider: what does it mean to be seen as iconic in an era of stylization and saturation?

Frenchie, The Icon 314 stands as a loving parody and homage—replacing the Hollywood starlet with the snorting, squishy-faced muse of today’s cultural moment.

• 1.25″ (3.18 cm) thick poly-cotton blend canvas
• Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz./yd.² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
• Fade-resistant
• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars
• Mounting brackets included
• Blank product sourced from the US, Canada, Europe, UK, or Australia

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