Cats in art

Allan Brakus, "Black Cat Monet Waterlilly"

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Original Fine Art By © Katya Minkina in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

The “familiar spirit” is a common motif found in both folklore and witch trial records of the witch hunt era. What is a familiar spirit, and what role did they supposedly serve to accused witches?

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Meet the cats painted by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, a British engraver, illustrator, perhaps best known for his paintings of birds.

For centuries cats have been the subject of admiration and art. In fact, these famous cat paintings have made our history more hissterical.

i’m so obsessed with these wonderful cat portraits by tetsuo takahara... they somehow look more like cats than actual photos of cats do

As popular a pet as cats are in modern day households, it was the dog that dominated the home and hearth of the 18th and early 19th century. Cats had their admirers, of course, amongst whom were such literary luminaries as Samuel Johnson and Lord Byron, but in general, their primary value lay in their ability to keep the premises free from vermin.