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Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. Wain was born in Clerkenwell, London. In 1881 he sold his first drawing and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator. He married in ...
Clare Turlay Newberry (April 10, 1903 – February 12, 1970) [1] was an American writer and illustrator of 17 published children's books, who achieved fame for her drawings of cats, the subject of all but three of her books. [1] Four of her works were named Caldecott Honor Books.
Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Child, 1620.Uffizi gallery, Florence. Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight (detail). Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight (also known as Two Girls Decorating a Cat [1] [2] and Dressing the Kitten [3]) (c. 1768–1770) is a "fancy painting" by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797).
The Study for the Madonna of the Cat is currently held at the British Museum in London under inventory number 1856,0621.1. [1] [2] The creative and scientific processes underlying the drawing Madonna of the Cat have been discussed by many art historians, including Kenneth Clark, Martin Kemp, Carmen Bambach and Larry Feinberg. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Eighteenth century folk art, Cat of Kazan. Unlike in Western countries, cats have been considered good luck in Russia for centuries. Owning a cat, and especially letting one into a new house before the humans move in, is said to bring good fortune. [18] Cats in Orthodox Christianity are the only animals that are allowed to enter the temples.
In the painting, the bird only plays a minor role; the undisputed main character is the cat, whose face overwhelmingly dominates the format. Domestic cats often like to sit in tight spaces. His facial expression is characterized by a frightening alertness, shown in the open eyes with the typical vertical pupils of the cats, but also by his ...
A neighbor's white Persian cat; both brothers neglect to "cat sit"; Mr Cleaver has to rescue cat from a tree Fluffy cat M*A*S*H: Appeared in the episode "Springtime" Groucha Téléchat: Cat who is one of the show's news anchors. [1] Grudge Star Trek: Discovery: A Maine Coon cat is reported by her owner, Cleveland Booker, to be a "Queen ...
A segment of Feed the Kitty in which an apparently "inconsolable" Marc Antony believes that Pussyfoot has been turned into a cookie (and unaware that the kitten is actually perfectly safe), was the subject of a homage in the 2001 Pixar film Monsters, Inc. in which Sulley believes that a little human girl he is protecting has fallen into a trash ...