A Michael Broad Blog
Fleurs et chats by Pierre-Auguste Renoir by Michael Fleurs et chats by Pierre-Auguste Renoir This is another oil painting by Renoir, painted in 1881, when Renoir was 40 years of age. I have just written about his painting Julie Manet with a cat. This painting was made 6 years earlier. The question for me …
I would like to show you some wildcat art in the form of oil and watercolor paintings. The artists are both extremely talented; Rochelle Mason who paints in oils and Linda Dupuis-Rosen who paints in watercolors. Both artists wish to raise the profile of the endangered wild cats particularly the lesser known ones. Rochelle …
by Michael (London, UK) William Hogarth – The Distressed Poet….I am interested in this painting because I have driven past Hogarth’s country residence many times. The interesting point is that it is no longer in the country but firmly inside what might be called central London on the A4 going west towards Heathrow airport. …
Three Watercolours of African Cats by Susie Bearder (Spain) Dark Mane Female leopard Where’s my mum? The lion is known as Dark Mane by the BBC Big Cat Diary technicians. The leopard female is stalking through grasses for food for her baby. Leopard baby safely tucked up in tree. Susie Hi Susie… thanks for …
by Michael (London, UK) The Old Woman and the Cat (Akka ja kissa) (1885) is a painting that I like very much and not just because it has a cat in it! It was painted by a Finnish artist who was much revered in his time in Finland. He is Akseli Gallen-Kallela (26 April …
I consistently see the Anthropomorphism of wild cats and domestic cats in old drawings and paintings. Anthropomorphism (try and spell that!) is the attribution of human characteristics to animals etc. as you probably know. And these are not cartoon cats or an attempt to have a joke as they come from a serious work. …
Leonardo da Vinci’s Study of Cat Movements and Positions is interesting on two levels. Firstly there is the obvious Leonardo genius in drawing, with which we are so familiar and which can seen in this almost typical drawing. He always seemed to draw things on scraps of paper and there is a casual air …
Sasha & Chilli in Watercolour Pencils by Tracy Louisa Steel (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) Sasha Chilli Hi I just got back into painting this week and need a little practice but I love my cats so I started with them. This is my beautiful tabby Sasha and my ginger tom Chilli. Update: the …
