Old cat paintings

this little study i did for the tribeca ball, which is a big gala fundraiser at the academy. it will be on view at the party and if it sells half goes to the school and half to me! i loved painting this magical creature - and i've decided i'm going to do a larger version :)

We were delighted to find out that Renaissance era artists created paintings where cats are being fed with a spoon like little babies.

The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it showcases how the artists had to use every ounce of their imagination and stylistic skills to draw animals and monsters they may or may not have seen with their own two eyes. The results? Often incredibly bizarre but undeniably entertaining. Our team at Bored Panda has collected some of the finest…

“He’s just a nice boy waiting for lunch. 1969. https://t.co/brNSMhLvWv”

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Juan Nepomuceno Cordero de Hoyos (1822-1884), mexicano. Es un pintor del clasicismo. Ha hecho estudios en Europa y esta enseñanza se refleja en sus obras. Se destaca como retratista y como realizador de escenas históricas. la bañista leonor rivas mercado de torres retrato de una dama con un gato retrato de niños retrato de los arquitectos hermanos agea hijas del licenciado manuel cordero retrato de dolores de santa anna retrato de una mujer tejiendo con un gato dama napolitana cristobal…

As popular a pet as cats are in modern day households, it was the dog that dominated the home and hearth of the 18th and early 19th century. Cats had their admirers, of course, amongst whom were such literary luminaries as Samuel Johnson and Lord Byron, but in general, their primary value lay in their ability to keep the premises free from vermin.