Ameowzing Moments Of Cats Being Depicted In Classic Art Throughout History

kalila courban

Jun 12, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Hey cat lovers. At this point, you guys probably know that we are constantly fascinated with all things feline. And that includes art that features our favorite species! Unsurprisingly, artists have been inspired by their favorite animals throughout history. It just so happens that many of those artists' favorite animals were cats. There are examples of cats being featured in artworks going back over a millennium! Yes, we humans have always been obsessed with cats, just some of us more than others.

Today we have compiled an ameowzing collection of cats being depicted in art throughout history to remind us all how much cats inspire us. The beautiful artworks we are featuring today come from artists from all walks of life, from different places around the world, and from different periods. And they are all awwmazing. Just go ahead and take a look.

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"Girl with toys and a cat"

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Leningrad, 1950th
S.B. Velihova, E.P. Lupanova
Porcelain, gilding
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"Model with a cat"

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1920
Tytus Czyzewski
National museum of Warsaw
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Wassily Kandinsky with his favourite cat Vaska, 1906, Sevres

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"Portrait Michaliny Krzyzanowskiej, artist's wife"

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1915, Konrad Krzyzanowski
National museum, Warsaw
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"Portrait of the artist's wife with a cat"

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1912
Konrad Krzyzanowski
Museum of Opole Silesia
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"Children concert"

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1922
114 x 146 cm Tadeusz Makowski
National museum, Warsaw
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This nice kitten was founded at the building of central veterinary clinic in Saint-Petersburg, 4th Sovetskaya street, 5.
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"Cat's nightmare"

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Louis Wain, 1907 "??????? ??????"
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Despite the fact that these owls are cute too, poor kittens look very scared. Exactly Louis Wain's works humanised cats and helped to show them as something to be liked, admired, and even loved.
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"In a roman Osteria"

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Karl Bloh, 1866 "? ??????? ???????"

It seems to me that this grey cat is up to something...
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"Cat with ginger spots licking itself."

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Paul Klee, 1905
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"The Cat"

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Bart van der Leck, 1914
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"A white cat playing with a string"

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"A white cat playing with a string"
Hiroshige II, 1863

Cat is depicted boldly and minimally. A cute, but angry white cat tries to bite a blue string. His legs are ready to pounce.
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"Child with Cat"

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1887

Girl with rumbling pampered kitten in this oil on canvas portrait by Renoir is Julie Manet, daughter of painter Berthe Morisot and Eugène Manet (brother of the painter Édouard Manet.)
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