Cats have inspired artists throughout history. From age-old paintings to more modern graphic design, cats have been stealing the show for centuries. Felines can be found in pictorial works from the Renaissance to the contemporary era.

2. Adriaen van
der Werff
(Dutch,
1659 –
1722)
A boy and a
girl with a
Guinea-pig
and a kitten

3. Jean-François Millet
Churning butter,
1866-68

4. Adolf von Becker
(1831-1909)
The cat on the pillow

5. Eugene de
Blaas
(Austrian,
1843-
1931)
The
awakening
Realized price
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6. Eugene de Blaas
(Austrian, 1843-
1931)
The awakening
(fragment)
Realized price EUR
186,300

7. Albert Anker
(Swiss, 1831-
1910)
The two sisters,
1883
Albert
Anker
-
Girl
with
two
cats,
1888

8. Antonio
Rotta
(Italian,
1828 –
1903)
Vecchina
con gatto
Alberto
Zampieri
(Italian,
1903-1992)
Il
bambino
e
il
gatto
(Boy
with
cat),
1952

9. Alberto Morrocco
(1917-1998)
Vera on the sofa
with Lola

10. Alberto
Morrocco
(1917-1998)
Vera
and
Lola
Hilda Belcher (1881-1963) - Self-portrait

11. René Gruau
(1909-
2004)
Chats Johann
Sperl
(German,
1840–1914)
Young
woman
with
cat

12. René Magritte
(Belgian, 1898-1967)
La vocation

13. René Magritte
(Belgian, 1898-
1967)
Raminagrobis, 1946

14. Carl Larsson
(Sweden, 1853-
1919)
Brita, cat and
sandwich

15. Bruno
Lijeford
(Swedish,
1860
-
1939)
Cat
in
the
summer
meadow
Hans Andersen Brendekilde (Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Summer day in the village with a little girl and a kitten

16. Hans Andersen Brendekilde (Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Farm exterior with children playing with a cat
Hans Andersen Brendekilde
A village with two little girls eating sandwiches while a
cat is watching

17. Hans Andersen Brendekilde
(Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Christmas tree

18. Hans Andersen Brendekilde (Danish, 1857 - 1942) Fishermen mending the nets at a bank
A little girl gives the cat food

19. Hans Andersen Brendekilde
(Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Have you seen my kitten?
1914

20. Hans Andersen Brendekilde
(Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Soap bubbles

21. Hans Andersen Brendekilde (Danish, 1857 - 1942) Girls playing in the garden While reading the newspaper news
Summer day in the fishing village

22. Hans Andersen Brendekilde
(Danish, 1857 - 1942)
Two little girls in the
garden with a kitten under
a fruit tree in bloom

23. Persis
Clayton
Weirs
(1942-
2016)
Fiona

24. Ruskin Spear (English, 1911-1990)
Image of catnap
Ruskin Spear
Cat and flowers
at the table

25. Ruskin
Spear
(English,
1911-1990)
Cat
and
Piano
Cat
at
the
window

26. Ruskin
Spear
(English,
1911-1990)
Portrait
of
a
Sitting
Cat
Matthew
D.
Innis
-
Far
away
thoughts
(2010)

27. Osmar Schindler
(German, 1867 –
1927)
Gertrud mit Nelke
und Katze, 1904

28. Walter
Frederick
Osborne
(Irish,
1859
-
1903)
Cupboard
love
Walter
Frederick
Osborne
-
Small
girl
with
a
cat

29. Walter Frederick Osborne
(Irish, 1859 - 1903)
Cat and kittens

30. Walter Frederick Osborne
(Irish, 1859 - 1903)
The house builders, 1902

31. Follower of
Eugen von
Blaas
The culprit
Norah
Neilson Gray
(Scottish,
1882 –
1931)
Golden eyes

32. Mary
Cassatt
(American,
1844-1926)
Sara
holding
a
cat
(Sold
via
Christies
for
$106,000)
Norbertine Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891 - 1978)
Lying cat watercolour, 1920

33. Mary
Cassatt
(American,
1844-1926)
Young
woman
wearing
a
small
winged
hat,
holding
a
cat
Christina
Ramos,
USA
-
Cattus
Domina

34. Jan
Waldron
(American)
Untitled
Musée
Carnavalet,
Paris

35. Musée
Carnavalet,
Paris

36. Musée
Carnavalet,
Paris

37. Nick Eisele (American)
Persian gold, 2019

38. Nicolai
Tarkhoff
(Russian,
1871-1930)
Portrait
of
the
Artist’s
son
Jean
in
Jardin
d'Orsay
Two children and cat by the window, 1907

39. Young
Child
with
a
Black,
1908
Nicolas
Tarkhoff
(Russian,
1871-
1930)
Cat with
flowers,
1908

40. Children
and
cat
by
the
window
(1907)
Nicolas
Tarkhoff
(Russian,
1871-
1930)
At the
window

41. Family
with
mother,
daughters,
and
cat
Nicolas Tarkhoff (Russian, 1871-1930) Dahlias

42. Nicolas Tarkhoff
(Russian, 1871-
1930)
Mother’s room in the
morning

43. Norman Rockwell,
‘Threading the Needle,’ 1922.
National Museum of American
Illustration, Newport

44. Cécile Veilhan (French, 1965) Chat câlin

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
2024
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