Did Vincent van Gogh have a cat?
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 →
Tag Archives: Cats in Art
Girl with a Kitten by Lucian Freud
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 →
Cat Sculpture by Grayson Perry
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 →
Street artist paints illusion of Sphynx cat on old gas tank
A very impressive work of art. For me there are two things that make it work so well. Firstly the artist, Tom Bragado Blanco from Marseille, France, paints the landscape behind the gas tank onto the gas tank as well … Continue reading →
Pictures of cats as accessories 1896-2014
Two illustrations of cats as accessories 1896-2014. Cats represent women and women sometimes see cats as babies (as do men).
Continue reading →Don Vito Corleone’s cat in The Godfather
Don Vito Corleone’s tabby cat sitting on his lap in his office in the iconic film The Godfather was a stray cat found by the director Francis Ford Coppola on the studio lot. The film script did not call for … Continue reading →
The sex symbolism behind the cat in Hockney’s Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy
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 →
Édouard Manet loved cats and many of his letters have small sketches of cats
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 →
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in a cat movie!
Benedict Cumberbatch is playing the lead role in a film about Louis Wain, the eponymous and cat-loving English artist who is famous for his drawings of anthropomorphized cats and kittens. Mr Cumberbatch is playing opposite Claire Foy who plays Emily … Continue reading →
These fluffy cats are some of the most intricate drawings you’ll ever see
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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