Cats in Art, part 2

 

Once again, if you are a blogspot blogger, I am getting quite a few "Failed to Publish" notices.  If you don't hear from me, it's because blogger refuses to publish my comments to you.  There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it, either. 

However, today I will be gone the entire day to attend seminars.  I will not be home until later this evening and will be unavailable, since I don't have a way to leave comments except on my home computer.

I have another entry for Elle from Empire of the Cat, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Books, Cats, and Tea. This is part 2 of Cats in Art, as promised last week. 

This is Cats in Art, part 2.  These are the final 8.  If you missed part 1, it is here.  There are cats and human faces in these entries.  That means I will also be joining Nicole and her Friday Face Off later tonight.  Now for each individual entry.  BTW, I have NO idea what the German text is.  I just love the font, so I hope it isn't offensive to anyone.  

 

We met Theophile Steinlen last week and he is back today with another great poster.  He was a Swiss born artist who painted and created posters in the style of Art Nouveau. 

Ammi Phillips was an American portrait painter.  He was a prolific artist for over 50 years who painted mostly portraits, like the one above.  He was active during the 1800s and changed styles several times.

The artist who painted these cats is unknown.

One of my favorite artists is Edouard Manet, a French modernistic painter.  Perhaps one of his most famous works was Luncheon on the Grass, which depicted two men lavishly dressed and one woman who was nude, while another was partially unclothed in the background.

I had not heard of Robert Braithwaite Martineau before.  He was an English Victorian painter.  This was painted in 1860.

I'm sure most have heard of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, a French painter.  He was a leading advocate of impressionism, but later broke with the group and chose to paint a bit more realistically.

Utagawa Hiroshige, a Japanese woodcarver, was considered a genius with landscape compositions.  Impressionists and post-impressionists were impressed with his work.  This woodblock print may have generated up to 10,000 copies.

Robert Bereny was a Hungarian avant-garde painter.   He is famous for his nudes and his still life art.  His black cat with the white tummy is featured in several of his paintings and posters.

Bleubeard and I are delighted you joined us today and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey as you share your own interpretation of Books, Cats, and Tea.  We also hope to see you at Friday Face Off with a face, any face.