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This cat looks like it’s plotting, even if the proportions are a little questionable. The body may be wrong, but the expression says everything. You can practically feel the quiet scheming happening behind those eyes, like it’s halfway through a plan no one else has been informed about yet. Somehow, despite the anatomy, the vibe is unmistakable. That’s a cat.
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Life meets art, and the cat is clearly the inspiration. The painting may be modern, but the attitude is timeless. Same little face, same mischievous energy, just captured in brushstrokes instead of fur. One is a masterpiece on the wall, the other is a masterpiece walking around the house, and both know it.
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This cat painting is giving full derp energy in the best way. The proportions are a little off, the expression is deeply unserious, and yet it somehow captures the spirit perfectly. It’s the kind of face that looks like it forgot what it was doing mid-thought but remained confident anyway. Silly, charming, and unmistakably cat, even in paint.
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22 Delightfully Derpy Pictures of Cats in Art
Somehow, across centuries, artists managed to paint cats as if they had never once encountered a real one… and yet still captured them perfectly.
Artists have been putting cats in paintings for centuries, and a lot of the time it feels like they had only heard about cats through rumors.
The bodies are wrong. The faces are unsettling. The proportions suggest the artist panicked halfway through and just committed. Some of these cats look more like tiny judgmental furry blobs. Others appear to be made of elbows. And yet, somehow, they still feel unmistakably cat.
That's the impressive part. Even when the anatomy is completely off, the cattitude is perfect. These painted cats look unimpressed, mildly annoyed, and fully aware they didn't ask to be here. They sit stiffly, stare directly into your soul, and radiate the energy of an animal who believes it owns the room, the building, and possibly the entire century.
You can tell the artists struggled with fur and paws, but they absolutely nailed the vibe. The indifference. The quiet superiority. The sense that the cat is tolerating the situation at best. A lot of them look like they're seconds away from knocking something off a table.
So no, these people may not have known what a cat technically looked like. But they understood the essence. The judgment. The refusal to perform. The way a cat can be both deeply strange and completely confident at the same time. Somehow, that part translated perfectly.
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