Cats in PaintingsCats in paintings are pictures of cats and that is why they are on this website. There is some very interesting uses of the domestic cat and wild cat in paintings, by well known and lesser known artists. There is some damn good art of cats by people who are not strictly artists too. It is found everywhere including on the street. Also, as a lot of the paintings are from an era well before the cat fancy they are a source of information about the development of the cat companion and our relationship with cats at a time. There is little text on this subject. If you know of some art containing cats then we would like to see or hear about it please by completing the form below. I'll be adding my stuff to the list of submissions, which can be seen by scrolling to below the form. There are links to pages below the form as well.
Cats in paintings is a gradually expanding page. There have been many artists who loved cats. I don't know if there are a higher percentage of people who like cats amongst artists. Perhaps someone can tell me? My guess is tha authors and artists are more likely to like cats and get on with them (on a personality basis) and a cat is good company for an artist, reliably there and company but not too demanding and intrusive allowing the artist to get on with his or her work. More cats in paintings: Boucher - La Toilette A decorative painting from 1742, well before the Abyssinian cat was imported into the Europe. But is this an Abyssinian cat in the picture? It could be. It could change the history of this well known and popular cat! Arthur Heyer - Angora Kitten  Arthur Heyer was a German-Hungarian painter of animals, cats, dogs, horses etc. His cats are the most popular today and prints are widely on sale on the internet. He was an extremely talented drafsman. His work tends towards the "chocolate box" and is probably why it is still so popular. Mary Cassatt - Children Playing with a Cat Mary Cassatt was an America artist who lived much of her life in France amongst artists like herself including the Impressionists. She came from a well to do family in Pennsylvania. She was little know during her life but her paintings are valuable today. Francisco de Goya - Boy with Cats This is my title, by the way. It is a painting of a prince with magies and some cats - how many? There were companion cats in 1734 just like now. Cat by Francisco Domingo Marqués A beautiful young (female?) cat probably painted in the late 1800s, a time when the companion cat was becoming more popular. Azerbaiyan Stamps In 1995, Azerbaijan depicted purebred cats on their stamps. A rare thing, and the cat featured in this post is also rare, a Chartreux. Dali Atomicus Incorporated Three Flying Cats This is a very famous photograph by a well known photographer in cooperation with a very well known artist. What about those cats? The world was less polictically correct in those days. Jules Leroy Playful Kittens This is one of many Jules Leroy's cat paintings. There are a number of Frenchmen with similar names by the way. He clearly loved cats and probably lived with more than one. Judging by his paintings he lived with tabby and white semi-longhaired moggie cats. Frans Koppelaar Tom Cat I like this living artist. A fine Dutch painter of landscape, cityscape and portrait and occasionally (maybe once!) a lovely large orange and white tom cat, perhaps his cat companion. The Cat's Paw
This is a fascinating painting of a monkey holding the paw of a cat against a hot stove and smiling while he did it. You work it out! More Cats in Paintings to come.............. Cats in Paintings to Cat Images 
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