Title: Woman Before an Aquarium, 1921-1923 Artist: Henri Matisse (1869-1954) How long has she been entranced by the delicate goldfish swimming back and forth before her? Is she studying them? […]
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Arts Everyday Living: Best Friends & Companion–Art of the Cat, Ruler of the Domestic Universe
Title: Winter–Cat on a Cushion, 1909 Artist: Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) It may be currently spring, but here’s a memory of winter. His (or her) majesty the cat–ruler of the domestic […]
Arts Everyday Living: Best Friends & Companions-The Cat of All Cats in Paris of the Belle Epoque
Title: Le Chat Noir, 1896 Artist: Theophile Steinlen (1859-1923) Imaging living in Paris in the late 19th century and walking into the Le Chat Noir or The Black Cat, considered one of […]
Arts Everyday Living: The Art of the Cat—Renoir’s Perfect Companions, A Woman & Kitten
Title: Woman with a Cat Artist: Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) Finally, they are alone—the lovely young woman and her gray, striped cat. Or is her pet actually a kitten? Purring contentedly, wrapped affectionately […]
