“I am just a humble assistant to His Furry Majesty, who kindly allows me to use all my painting, photography and Photoshop skills to insert his precious images into masterpieces of renowned artists of the past.”
Born in Amsterdam, Dutch painter Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) came from an artistic family and she studied art under her father, the well-known neo-classical painter Joseph Augustus Knip. After selling her first painting at the age of fifteen she produced an outstanding body of work which is now on display in many European museums, including the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Dordrecht Museum.
Can you tell your Meowna Lisa from your Girl With the Purr Earring? Test your knowledge of famous films and paintings in our moggnificent quiz
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June is flaming if your love is nearby, and you can sink your fingers in the sunny ginger fur and have a nice large siesta after a delicious dinner together with the adorable creature. We, Zarathustra
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William Stephen Coleman - The goldfish bowl
Tokuhiro Kawai (1971- present, Japanese) is a surrealist contemporary artist whose "regal" cats are whimsical; whereas other works are more serious...
I’m the first to admit that I’m not the world’s greatest museum-goer. While I do enjoy art, my capacity for walking around and admiring it only extends to about two hours before I start getting bored (I feel the same way about shopping). But guess…
1889, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, (1859-1923)
It's brilliant, obvs.
Artist Svetlana Petrova speaks ahead of an exhibition of her work featuring famous portraits featuring her big ginger cat Zarathustra.
Can you tell your Meowna Lisa from your Girl With the Purr Earring? Test your knowledge of famous films and paintings in our moggnificent quiz
You know what the Mona Lisa and the Sistine Madonna are missing? A poetic, chubby ginger cat sprawled out.
Currier & Ives (1857-1907), Metropolitan Museum, New York
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Do you know that today, the 17th of March, is the day of St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats?
Russian Artist Finds an Unexpected Muse in Fat, Orange Cat
Valadon. Quand elle vient habiter avec sa mère le bas Montmartre, la jeune Marie-Clémentine Valadon a 16 ans. Sa beauté qui allie grâce et vigueur attire les peintres qui font d'elle des portraits aujourd'hui célèbres. La jeune femme, pendant les séances...
Tokuhiro Kawai (1971- present, Japanese) is a surrealist contemporary artist whose "regal" cats are whimsical; whereas other works are more serious...
Few would argue if we said that pets are an endless source of joy and happiness in our lives. Therefore, there is no surprise people are trying to immortalize them in every way possible. This Aussie painter, Vanessa Stockard, found the best way to do that by sneaking her three adorable cats, Kevin The Kittin, his mom Fluff Ferstenberg and the head of the adorable fluff family, Satan, into her paintings. Stockard’s process includes pieces developed without visual reference but rather from memory. These narratives incorporate domestic pets such as cats and dogs, juxtaposing the anthropomorphic nature of these animals are given by society, she infuses the personification of virtue and vice into the everyday canine and feline status quo. Cats with their fluffy comical exteriors yet instinctual urge to kill and a tendency to be cruel to their prey, dogs with their providence of happiness and friendship flung back to Churchill’s metaphor for depression. Despite this not-so -cheerful description of her works, Stockard manages to make her art somehow quirky and very enjoyable!
The Burden of an Internet Kitty Fame. Hieronymus Bosch, The Catwain, or The Burden of an Internet Kitty Fame
