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 3 of a 9-part series on Cats in Art. For earlier works see parts 1 and 2 also. Note: I have added portraits and dates of the artists where I was able to find them.
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| Johann Michael Neder (1807 Vienna, Austria -1882 Vienna, Austria) |
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| Johann Michael Neder Morgentoilette eines Mädchens 1836 oil on panel 35 x 30 cm |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 Edo, Japan-1861 Edo, Japan) Cats Enjoying a Cool Evening 1839-42 woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi woodblock print 1840c |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi Cats Practicing Their Music 1841 woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi Dancing Cats 1841c woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi Fashionable Cats Juggling Balls 1841c woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi Three Cats at an Indoor Party 1841 woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi From "The Tales of Genji" 1842c woodblock print |
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| Utagawa Kuniyoshi Substitute Character Cats 1844c woodblock print |
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| John Bradley (1800c UK - 1847c New York City) |
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| John Bradley Little Girl in Lavender 1840c oil on canvas 85.7 x 69.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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| John F. Francis (1808 Philadelphia, PA - 1886 Jeffersonville, PA) Mary Elizabeth Francis, the Artist's Daughter 1840c oil on canvas 93.1 x 74.7 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
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| Berthe Morisot (1841 Bourges, France - 1895 Paris, France) |
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| Berthe Morisot A Young Girl with a Cat |
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| Ludwig Vollmar (1842 Säckingen -1884 Munich) A Playful Moment oil on canvas 64.8 x 52.7 cm |
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| Ludwig Vollmar Playful Companions |
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| Giovanni Boldini (1842 Ferrara, Italy - 1931 Paris, France) Self-Portrait 1892 |
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| 1842-1931 Giovanni Boldini A Lady with a Cat watercolour heightened with white on paper Private Collection |
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| Rudolf Hirth du Frêne (1846 Tonna, Germany - 1916 Miltenberg, Germany) Portrait by Wilhelm Leibl |
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| Rudolf Hirth du Frênes Young Friends n.d. oil on canvas 73 x 39.4 cm |
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| Helen Allingham (1848 Swadlincote, Derbyshire, UK - 1926 Haslemere, Surrey, UK) |
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| Helen Allingham The Saucer of Milk watercolour 26 x 21 cm |
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| Helen Allingham The Staircase, Whittington Court, Gloucestershire watercolour on paper 35.6 x 26.7 cm Private Collection |
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| William Holman Hunt (1827 London - 1910 London) Self-Portrait oil on canvas 103.5 x 73 cm Uffizi Gallery, Florence |
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| William Holman Hunt The Awakening Conscience 1853 oil on canvas 76.2 x 55.9 cm Tate, London |
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| Gustave Courbet (1819 Ornans, Doubs, France - 1877 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland) |
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| Gustave Courbet The Painter's Atelier 1855 oil on canvas 141.3 x 235.4 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Jean-François Millet (1814 Gréville-Hague, France - 1875 Barbizon, France) |
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| Jean-François Millet Woman Churning Butter (Study for) 1855-58 graphite and conté crayon on tracing paper 20.2 x 14.6 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
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| Jean-François Millet Woman Churning Butter 1855-58 conté crayon on buff paper 47.9 x 39.7 cm The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City |
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| Jean-François Millet Woman Churning Butter 1855-58 crayon and pastel on paper 122 x 85.5 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Jean-François Millet Woman Churning Butter 1855-58 etching on thin laid paper 17.9 x 11.8 cm (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
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| Carl Kahler (1855-1906) Buzz Off! oil on canvas 59.7 x 39.4 cm |
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| Carl Kahler (1855-1906) Family Portrait oil on canvas 82.5 x 123.2 cm |
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| Henry John Yeend King (1855 London -1924 London) In the Garden oil on canvas |
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| Henry John Yeend King Feeding Time in the Garden |
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| Henry John Yeend King In the Garden |
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| Jules Frederic Ballavoine (1855-1901) Girl with a Cat oil on canvas 41.2 x 33.6 cm. |
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| Władysław Ślewiński (1856 Poland - 1918 Paris) Self-Portrait 1894 |
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| Władysław Ślewiński Woman with Cat |
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| Théodule-Augustin Ribot (1823 Saint-Nicolas-d'Attez, France - 1891 Colombes, France) |
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| Théodule-Augustin Ribot The Cook and the Cat 1860s |
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| Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 Limoges, France - Cagnes-sur-Mer, France) c1910 |
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| Pierre Auguste Renoir Sleeping Cat 1862 |
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| Léon-Jean-Basile Perrault Her Favourite Pet 1867 oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm |
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| Pierre Bonnard (1867 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France - 1947 Le Cannet, France) |
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| Pierre Bonnard Cats Playing n.d. pastel over charcoal with stumping on tan wove paper, edge-mounted to board 47.8 x 52.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| Sal Meijer (1878 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1965 Blariicum, The Netherlands) |
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| Sal Meijer Cat on a Rug oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm |
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| Sal Meijer Cat on a Chair |
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| Sal Meijer Cat Sitting on a Bed |
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| Sal Meijer Cat with a Telephone lithograph |
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| Sal Meijer Cat on a Balcony 1900c 32 x 24 cm |
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| Sal Meijer Foreign Content 1909 48 x 45 cm Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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| Sal Meijer Playful Cat in a Basket 1925 |