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His childlike pet drawings have raised thousands for rough sleepers

PoC avatarPosted on October 21, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 21, 2020

You never quite know the formula for becoming an internet, social media sensation perhaps because there is no formula. But, Phil Heckels’s questionable skills as an artist have caught the imagination of the public. With a pinch of salt, he … 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 →

Posted in Cats in Art, Cats in art, photography | Tagged artists, cat history pictures, Cats in Art, cats in paintings, history, pictures of cats | Leave a reply

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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Street artist paints illusion of Sphynx cat on old gas tank

PoC avatarPosted on April 24, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 24, 2020

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 →

Posted in Cats in art, photography | Tagged cat art, Cats in Art, cats in paintings, sphynx cat, Sphynx Cat Picture | 1 Reply

Pictures of cats as accessories 1896-2014

PoC avatarPosted on April 14, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 14, 2020

Two illustrations of cats as accessories 1896-2014. Cats represent women and women sometimes see cats as babies (as do men).

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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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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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Loyal cat kept prisoner company in the Tower of London for 2 years

PoC avatarPosted on August 1, 2018 by Michael BroadDecember 15, 2019

Trixie was her name; quite a modern name for cat who kept her owner company in the Tower of London from 1601-1603. Trixie belonged to the Third Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley. Queen Elizabeth I imprisoned him we are told. … Continue reading →

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Mediaeval cat paintings: ugly anthropomorphized depictions

PoC avatarPosted on March 29, 2018 by Michael BroadMarch 29, 2018

I’ve seen this before. It appears that painters in mediaeval times had a compulsion to depict both domestic and wild cats with human faces. Not only that, the faces are ugly. Almost every painting looks like a cat cartoon and … Continue reading →

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