Cats in Art
Aude Rech
30 May 2022
63
Aude Rech
30 May 2022
63
Artists have found inspiration and solace in their feline companions over the course of history. Some have even argued that cats themselves are art: Leonardo Da Vinci said that “the smallest feline is a masterpiece.” Yet the history of the cat and how they have become immortalised in art is a fairly complex progression. They are recorded in many forms in different early cultures, and made themselves at home in the artist’s studio. The presence of the cat in art is of course the presence of the cat in the artist’s home and studio. Even the simple presence of cats around artists was inspiring, with Renoir and Cassatt painting kittens, or Manet perceiving modernity and the black cat linked. For artists the working studio can be isolating and a cat brings life to that space, while still providing artists alone time to thrive and a wonderful source of inspiration.
Artists have found inspiration and solace in their feline companions over the course of history. ...
