Friday 9 September 2016

Cats in Art - part 6

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



Lucius Rossi (1846 - 1913 Italy)
In the Boudoir 1869
 oil on panel 27.4 x 19.7 cm

Horatio Henry Couldery
The Unexpected Guest 1874

Édouard Manet
( 1832 Paris - 1883 Paris )

Édouard Manet
Woman with a Cat 188c
oil on canvas 92.1 x 73 cm
Tate, London

John Charlton
(1849 Northumberland, Uk -1917 Lanercost, Burtholme, UK)
Her Favourites 1881
watercolour 30 x 50 cm


Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
( 1864 Albi, France - 1901 Saint-André-du-Bois, France )

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Un petit chat 1882
oil on board 32.4 x 23.6 cm

Pierre Auguste Renoir
Julie Manet 1887
oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Berthe Morisot
Little Girl with a Cat (after a portrait of Julie Manet by Renoir - see above) 1888-90
drypoint
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC


Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
( 1859 Lausanne, Switzerland - 1923 Paris )
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
A Small Girl with a Cat 1889

1894 Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Two Cats Pochoir 1894
( stencil ) on silk 61.5 x 35.4 cm

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Poster for an exhibition of Steinlen's work 1894

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Poster for a milk product 1894

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Tournée du Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis 1896
cromolithograph poster 135.9 x 95.9 cm

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Sleeping Cat 46 x 55 cm 1898

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Drawing of two cats 1898

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
"Cats" poster for an exhibition of Steinlen's work 1898

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Cat on a Chair 1900-02
oil on canvas 46.2 x 55 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Summer: Cat on a Balustrade 1909
lithograph in four colours 62.9 x 50.3 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Winter: Cat on a Cushion 1909
49.3 x 59 cm

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Study of a Cat Resting on a Pillow 1919
conté crayon on light buff wove paper 20.5 x 26 cm
Private Collection

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Cat and Her Kitten 1902
charcoal and pastel on paper 46 x 61 cm

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Study of a Cat Walking to the Right
pen and ink 11 x 16 cm
Private Collection

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Chat et Chatte

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Poster for drinking chocolate and tea

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Two cats


Walter Osborne
( 1859 Rathmines, Eire - 1903 Rathmines, Eire )


Walter Osborne
Cats and Kittens 1889
pastel
John White Alexander
( 1856 Allegheny, PA - 1915 New York City )


John White Alexander
 The Green Dress 1890 - 99c
oil on canvas 99.1 x 53.3 cm
Private Collection


 Carl Kahler
( 1855 Austria -1906 ) 


Carl Kahler
My Wife's Lovers 1891
oil on canvas 180 x 260 cm
Private Collection


Carl Kahler
Family Portrait


Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth
 ( 1891 Graz, Austria - 1978 )
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth
Angora Cat
linocut print 16.5 x 22.6 cm
Legion of Honour Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA


Henri Rousseau
( 1844 Laval, France - 1910 Paris, France )


1891c Henri Rousseau
Portrait of Pierre Loti 1891c
oil on canvas 62 x 52 cm
Kunsthaus, Zurich


Berthe Morisot
Young Girl with a Cat 1892
oil on canvas 55 x 46 cm
Private Collection


Pierre Bonnard
The White Cat 1894
oil on card 51 x 33 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre Bonnard
Coin de table au chat noir 1897c
oil on board mounted on panel 50.5 x 18.2 cm

Pierre Bonnard
The Checkered Blouse 1898
oil on canvas 61 x 33 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre Bonnard 
Woman with a Cat 1906
oil on canvas 78 x 77.2 cm 
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre Bonnard
Children and a Cat 1909
oil on canvas 54.6 x 69.5 cm
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

Pierre Bonnard
Woman with a Cat  1912
oil on canvas 78 x 77.2 cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris


Félix Valloton
( 1865 Lausanne, Switzerland - 1898 Paris, France )


Félix Valloton
Laziness 1896
 woodcut 17.8 x 22.4 cm (image)


Félix Valloton
Naked Womenn with Cats 1897-98c
oil on cardboard 41 x 52 cm
Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland


Paul Gauguin
( 1848 Paris - 1903 Atuona, French Polynesia )


Paul Gauguin
Eiaha Ohipa ( Not Working ) 1896
oil on canvas 65 x 75 cm
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Paul Gauguin
Still LIfe with Flowers and Cats 1899
oil on canvas


Louis Valtat
( 1869 Dieppe, France - 1952 Paris, France )


Louis Valtat
Self-Portrait with Cat 1899
oil on canvas 55 x 53 cm
Private Collection

Louis Valtat
Woman with a Cat on Her Knee 1900
oil on canvas 60.3 x 81.3 cm
Private Collection

Louis Valtat
Femme au Fauteuil 1903
oil on canvas 71 x 93.8 cm
Private Collection