Artists and sculptors have always sought to draw inspiration from beauty. And what, after all, could be more beautiful than cats? Okay, one of the most beautiful things on this Earth. Now, I think ...
Cats have descended upon Maspeth, Queens, where Mrs. gallery is featuring the work of 39 artists focused on a single theme: furry felines. Cats have been an art historical focus for thousands of years ...
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece,” wrote Leonardo da Vinci, whose drawing Study of Cat Movements and Positions testifies to his admiration for the animal’s flexibility; Thomas Gainsborough‘s and ...
Artists have long obsessed over cats. The furry felines have adorned everything from cave walls to canvases, thought to symbolize deities, but also laziness, aloofness, and even stupidity. In the ...
"Katze" August Walla (Germany, 1936-2001) Pastel on paper, signed with handwritten letter to Pat Eddington on the reverse. Quinn's Auction Galleries "Wounded Lioness at Ngari" Peter Beard, 1960 ...
Meow Met showing John Kay’s “The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter” (1813) (all screenshots by the author for Hyperallergic) One of the most common and eternal struggles of being a heavy internet ...
Launched in 2014, PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In the earlier 930 posts, we featured an art festival, ...
One fat cat has found his way into some of history’s most famous pieces of art. Russian artist Svetlana Petrova is behind the series “Fat Cat Art,” which features her 22-pound cat Zarathustra in the ...
We have previously reported on the astonishing rise in value of comics and comic art in the last few years, with five recent sales of original TinTin comic art fetching over US$1 million each. Now, ...