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Cats In Advertising

PoC avatarPosted on September 12, 2020 by Michael BroadSeptember 12, 2020

Cats have been used extensively in advertising. A specific poster got me onto the subject. It is not strictly advertising in the sense that we know it but using a fierce black cat to promote the United States Tank Corps … Continue reading →

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Did Vincent van Gogh have a cat?

PoC avatarPosted on July 27, 2020 by Michael BroadJuly 27, 2020

Today is a good day to ask whether Vincent van Gogh had a cat because on this day in 1890, Vincent van Gogh shot himself once in the chest. He was aged 37 and it took him two days to … Continue reading →

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Girl with a Kitten by Lucian Freud

PoC avatarPosted on June 26, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 26, 2020

From time to time I like to write about cats in paintings. This is one by Lucian Freud which he completed between 1948 and 1949. The painting shows Kitty Garman (1926-2011) holding a cat. Freud was married to Kitty between … Continue reading →

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Cat Sculpture by Grayson Perry

PoC avatarPosted on June 1, 2020 by Michael BroadJune 1, 2020

This is a photograph of Grayson Perry’s sculpture of a cat which he has uploaded to Twitter hours ago. I have no idea what it signifies if anything. It is grand and important. There appears to be a very large … Continue reading →

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The sex symbolism behind the cat in Hockney’s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy

PoC avatarPosted on January 13, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 13, 2020

The all-white cat gazing out of the balcony doors to the exterior, in David Hockney’s painting Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy, is sitting on Mr Clark’s lap in a peculiar and uncomfortable way. The cat is meant to be … Continue reading →

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Édouard Manet loved cats and many of his letters have small sketches of cats

PoC avatarPosted on November 10, 2019 by Michael BroadJune 8, 2020

This is a little bit of cat trivia. It is not going to change the world but it is quite interesting nonetheless to people who like cats. Édouard Manet, a French modernist painter of the 19th century, was ‘a pivotal … Continue reading →

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These fluffy cats are some of the most intricate drawings you’ll ever see

PoC avatarPosted on May 21, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 10, 2019

This is the art of Kamwei Fong. He is a smart guy and he lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Below I have embedded two images and two videos from his Instagram account.

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22,000 toothpicks create a cat picture

PoC avatarPosted on November 28, 2018 by Michael BroadMay 21, 2019

A high school in the Chiba Prefecture of Japan created a large picture (sculpture?) of the head of a white cat using 22,000 toothpicks. It was a large undertaking which took 5 months of work and a scientific and well … Continue reading →

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Domestic cat teased by Christ’s suffering as symbolised by a goldfinch

PoC avatarPosted on November 25, 2018 by Michael BroadNovember 25, 2018

It’d be interesting if someone could try and untangle the interpretation of this 16th century religious painting by Barocci containing a domestic cat. It is called ‘The Madonna of the Cat’ (La Madonna del Gatto). Please click on the image … Continue reading →

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Why there are hundreds of cats off the ground in a Denver alley?

PoC avatarPosted on June 13, 2018 by Michael BroadJune 13, 2018

This is another arresting cat picture. It certainly caught my eye. It looks cool and plausible – just. However it’s art and they are not real. Artist Kelly Monico installed the cats between 14th and 15th streets west of Larimer … Continue reading →

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