Wednesday 7 September 2016

Cats in Art - part 5

Continuing a look at art that has featured cats in one way or another, either as the subject of the work, or as an adjunct to it.

They say you’re either a ‘dog person’ or a ‘cat person.’ I’ve always fallen into the latter category, so I thought I would do a themed feature for this series of posts, covering a large time span through art history.

The time span of approximately five-hundred artworks in the series (in roughly chronological order) is close to five hundred years - from 1525 (Francesco d’Ubertino Verdito) to 1999 (Louise Bourgeois).

This is part 5 of a 9-part series on Cats in Art. For earlier works see parts 1 - 4 also. Note: I have added portraits and dates of the artists where I was able to find them.

Continuing Henriëtte Ronner-Knip 
(1821 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1909 Ixelles, Belgium):


Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Les Ameurs de Fromage

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Two Cats on a Pillow
oil on panel 24.8 x 39.4 cm

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Waiting by the Chimney

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Watching the Prey
oil on panel 45.1 x 35.9 cm
Private Collection

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Banjo and his Brother 1891

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Three Kittens ) 1892

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat with her Three Kittens 1893

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Proud Mother 1893

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cats and Kittens 1893

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Kitten ) 1893

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Three Kittens ) 1894

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens ) 1894
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens ) 1895

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Three Kittens ) 1895

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat on a Pillow 1896

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Best Friends 1896

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cat 1896
oil on panel
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Studies of a Long-haired White Cat 1896

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat ) 1897

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Mothercare 1898

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Three Kittens) 1898

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and THree Kittens) 1898

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat and Her Kittens at Play 1899
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens ) 1899

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Mother Watching Her Kittens Playing 1900
oil on panel 72 x 91 cm
Private Collection

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
The Cats Nap 1900

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Sleeping Kittens 1902

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Awake and Sleeping Cats 1902

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Two Kittens 1902

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Sleeping Kitten 1904

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Two Kittens 1905
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Max Slevogt
(1868 Landshut, Germany -1932 Leinsweiler, Germany)

Max Slevogt
Dame mit Katze


Charles Édouard Boutibonne
(1816 Budapest, Hungary - 1897 Wilderswil, Switzerland)

Charles Édouard Boutibonne
(1816-1897)
A Moment of Doubt 1869
Ivan Kramskoi
(1837 Ostrogozhsk, Russia - 1887 St. Petersburg, Russia)


Ivan Kramskoi
Girl with a Cat 1882
oil on canvas
The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN

Marcus Stone
(1840 London - 1921 London)

1882 Marcus Stone
Il y en a toujours un autre
oil on canvas 153.7 x 70.5 cm
Tate, London

Giovanni Boldini
Girl with a Black Cat 1885
oil on canvas 55.9 x 40.6 cm
Instituto Matteucci, Viareggio, Italy

Berthe Morisot
A Young Girl with a Cat 1886
56.2 x 71.1 cm


Carl Reichert
Playing with the Cat 1886


Clement Burlison
(1815 UK - 1899 UK)

Clement Burlison
Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness Of Bristol, As A Young Girl  1886
oil on canvas 123.2 x 100.3 cm
The National Trust, Ickworth, Suffolk, UK

Monday 5 September 2016

Cats in Art - part 4

Continuing a look at art that has featured cats in one way or another, either as the subject of the work, or as an adjunct to it.

They say you’re either a ‘dog person’ or a ‘cat person.’ I’ve always fallen into the latter category, so I thought I would do a themed feature for this series of posts, covering a large time span through art history.

The time span of approximately five-hundred artworks in the series (in roughly chronological order) is close to five hundred years - from 1525 (Francesco d’Ubertino Verdito) to 1999 (Louise Bourgeois).

This is part 4 of a 9-part series on Cats in Art. For earlier works see parts 1 - 3 also. Note: I have added portraits and dates of the artists where I was able to find them.



Frederick Walker
(1840 London - 1875 St. Fillans, Scotland)


Frederick Walker
The Old Farm Garden 1871
watercolour and gouache over graphite on paper
Courtauld Institute of Art, London


Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
(1821 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1909 Ixelles, Belgium)


Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cat with Kittens 1844
oil on panel 52 x 39 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kitten's Game 1860-78c
oil on panel 32.8 x 45.2 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1899 Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Four Kittens
oil on panel 26.3 x 34.9 cm
Private Collection

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
High Tea

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kitten and Jewellery

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kitten with a Ball of Yarn

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kitten with a Butterfly

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip 
Kitten with a Butterfly

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip 
Kitten

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kittens at Play
oil on canvas 113 x 85 cm

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
The Christmas Spat 1883

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens and a Fly ) 1886

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat, Kittens and Guitar ) 1886

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Dog 1886 )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Three Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Four Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Two Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Four Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Four Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and a Kitten )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Four Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Cat and Four Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Kitten and Insect )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
( Two Kittens )

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat and Her Kittens in the Artist's Studio

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat and Her Kittens Playing with a Mousetrap

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
A Cat with Her Four Kittens with a Friendly Dog

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
After Dinner Treats

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Afternoon Tea

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Aprole Douner

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Artful Play

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Besotted (study)

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Besotted

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Black and White Cat

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cats Playing Around a Japanese Screen

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Cats with a Pencil
oil on panel 24.8 x 39.4 cm

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip
Kittens at Play
oil on panel 24.1 x 32.4 cm
Private Collection