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    Cats in Art Timeline
    Cats in Art Timeline
    Cats in Art Timeline
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    Cats in Art Timeline

    By Cristina Berna and Eric Thomsen

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    During our research about the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) we came across a wonderful painting of his wife with a cat and a dog, Clotilde y gato y perro, from 1910.
    As animal lovers the idea arose to see, how cats were portrayed in painting around the period of Sorolla. Earlier painters had struggled with getting the proportions right, especially the faces but there was a huge development of talent in Europe in the 19th century.
    It proved to be a very rewarding tour of both Europe, Asia and USA. Cats is a great subject and it is impossible to cover Cats in Art in just one short volume. It would make a great exhibition!
    Nevertheless, we hope that you will enjoy the selection and the masterful skills and talent of these great artists!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateSep 13, 2023
    ISBN9783756872947
    Cats in Art Timeline
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    Cristina Berna

    Cristina Berna loves photographing and writing. She writes to entertain a diverse audience.

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      Cats in Art Timeline - Cristina Berna

      About the authors

      Cristina Berna loves photographing and writing. She also creates designs and advice on fashion and styling.

      Eric Thomsen has published in science, economics and law, created exhibitions and arranged concerts.

      Also by the authors:

      World of Cakes

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      World of Art

      Hokusai – 36 Views of Mt Fuji

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      Hiroshige 36 Views of Mt Fuji 1852

      Hiroshige 36 Views of Mt Fuji 1858

      Joaquin Sorolla Landscapes

      Joaquin Sorolla Beach

      Joaquin Sorolla Animals

      Joaquin Sorolla Family

      Joaquin Sorolla Nudes

      Joaquin Sorolla Boats

      Joaquin Sorolla Portraits

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      Outpets

      Deer in Dyrehaven – Outpets in Denmark

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      and more titles

      Contact the authors

      missysclan@gmail.com

      Published by www.missysclan.net

      Cover picture:

      Front: Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, née de Parselval 1747, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau 1715 – 1783, J Paul Getty Museum

      Inside: Painting of Cats and Sparrows, Byeon Sangbyeok 1730 Joseon Dynasty , National Museum of Korea

      Content

      Introduction

      Mao Yi 12th century Chinese painter

      Francesco Bacchiacca 1494 – 1557

      Jan Miense Molenaer 1609-1668

      Judith Leyster 1609 – 1661

      Nicolaes Maes 1634 – 1693

      Dirk Valckenburg 1675 – 1721

      Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin 1699 – 1779

      Unknown artist, 18th century China

      Zhu Ling 18th century

      Jakob Samuel Beck 1715 – 1778

      Jean-Baptiste Perronneau 1715 – 1783

      Byeon Sangbyeok 1730

      Yongzheng 1732

      Katsushika Hokusai 1760 – 1849

      Marguerite Gérard 1761 – 1837 and Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1732 – 1806

      Jacques-Laurent Agasse 1767 – 1849

      Hiroshige Utagawa 1797 – 1858

      Hermann Anschütz - 1880

      Henriette Ronner-Knip 1821-1909

      Louis Eugéne Lambert 1825 – 1900

      John Everett Millais 1829 – 1896

      Rudolf Epp 1834 – 1910

      Auguste Ludwig, 1834 - 1909

      George Dunlop Leslie 1835 – 1925

      John Henry Dolph 1835 – 1903

      Julius Geertz 1837 – 1902

      John Charlton 1849 - 1917

      Pierre Carrier-Belleuse 1851 – 1932

      Carl Larsson 1853 – 1919

      Max Nonnonbruch 1857 – 1922

      Bruno Liljefors 1860 – 1939

      Anders Zorn 1860 – 1921

      Joaquín Sorolla 1863 – 1923

      Gustav Vermehren 1863 – 1931

      Pierre Bonnard 1867 – 1947

      Konrad Krzyžanowski 1872 – 1922

      Arthur Heyer 1872 - 1931

      Kalighat picture1875

      Gwen John 1876 – 1939

      Ohara Matao 1877 – 1945

      Boris Kustodiev 1878 – 1927

      Franz Marc 1880 – 1916

      Yumeji Takehisa 1884 – 1934

      Paul Bransom 1885 – 1979

      Ludwig ten Hompel 1887 – 1932

      References

      Photo credits

      Introduction

      During our research about the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) we came across a wonderful painting of his wife with a cat and a dog, Clotilde y gato y perro, from 1910.

      As animal lovers the idea arose to see, how cats were portrayed in painting around the period of Sorolla. Earlier painters had struggled with getting the proportions right, especially the faces but there was a huge development of talent in Europe in the 19th century.

      It proved to be a very rewarding tour of both Europe, Asia and USA. Cats is a great subject and it is impossible to cover Cats in Art in just one short volume. It would make a great exhibition!

      Nevertheless, we hope that you will enjoy the selection and the masterful skills and talent of these great artists!

      Cristina and Eric

      Cat with kittens in a garden 12th century China

      中中文文: 《蜀葵遊貓圖》中中文文: 12世紀

      Mao Yi 12th century Chinese painter, Ink with color

      Height: 25.5 cm Width: 25.8 cm 絹彩

      Museum of Japanese Art, Osaka, Image: File Upload Bot

      This is the earliest painting of cats in the selection, already from 12th century Chinese painter Mao Yi. The cat to the left has a good posture, but the head is off, like a convention for painting animal heads, see Hokusai’s Tiger in Snow below.

      Cat with kittens in a garden (detail)

      Cat with kittens in a garden (detail)

      The cat and kitten to the right look more like dogs.

      The visual arts during the Song dynasty were heightened by new developments such as advances in landscape and portrait painting. The gentry elite engaged in the arts as accepted pastimes of the cultured scholar-official, including painting, composing poetry, and writing calligraphy.

      The Song dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The Song dynasty was an era of administrative sophistication and complex social organization.

      Some of the largest cities in the world were found in China during this period (Kaifeng and Hangzhou had populations of over one million). People enjoyed various social clubs and entertainment in the cities, and there were many schools and temples to provide the people with education and religious services. Although the Song dynasty was able to hold back the Northern Jin, a new foe came to power over the steppe, deserts, and plains North of the Jin dynasty. The Mongols, led by Genghis Khan (r. 1206–1227), initially invaded the Jin dynasty in 1205 and 1209, engaging in large raids across its borders, and in 1211 an enormous Mongol army was assembled to invade the Jin. The Jin dynasty was forced to submit and pay tribute to the Mongols as vassals. In the Battle of Yamen, the Yuan army crushed the Song.

      Portrait of a young lady holding a cat

      c 1525-1530, oil on canvas, Height 53.6 cm Width: 43.8 cm

      Francesco Bacchiacca 1494 – 1557, sold by Christie’s 30 Jan 2013 image: Austriacus

      In this period the artists are, although technically very good, not yet able to show a cat as a cat.

      Compare to the brilliant rendition by Agasse below, and you see there is something wrong with this cat’s face. Cats did not change that much in 300 years. The cat face has wrong proportions.

      Francesco Bacchiacca 1494 – 1557 was also known as Antonio d’Ubertino Verdi. He was an Italian painter of the Renaissance (14th – 17th century) working in the Florentine Mannerist style. In High Renaissance art emphasized proportion, balance, and ideal beauty, where Mannerism exaggerates such

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