Recently, on my usual scroll through Pinterest, I came across an oil painting of a white cat, which reminded me of my cat. In a few minutes, I was pretty deep, buried under a bunch of cat paintings, many painted as royals and some that captured the silly side of our feline buddies.
Well, I hope the series of cat paintings that I will be sharing below can give a boost of dopamine!
Starting with this, it made me feel like someone used my cat, Bobo, as their model. The expression and innocence of the baby, as they stare into the small body of water, are so softly captured. I have also found it challenging to paint pets with white fur, which makes me have even more respect for the artist.
How is this smol bean even real???
This is a painting done by Jean Honore Fragonard in 1785. I choose this simply because of the silly reflection.
I somehow also stumbled on a bunch of cats being spoon-fed paintings. At first, I thought it probably was to show how they are a suitable replacement for real babies. Then, I found many website pages dedicated to this, basically a whole genre of spoon-fed cat paintings. I have yet to find a concrete reason why this was a thing. Please let me know if you find out because I am genuinely curious.
I assume the cat didn’t want to be in the picture. I don’t know; it’s just a theory.
I adore flower paintings, but this detail in Abraham Mignon’s art piece made this my favorite still life.
They may or may not have seen cats in their life
Even though there are real reasons why they were painting in such a manner, I still find it funny to look at and assume they didn’t know how to paint cats. Well, The actual reasons are a bit dark. Let’s keep this post-light-hearted without mentioning the history of cats associated with evil and the harm done to them.
It is heartwarming to see how artists have found ways to sneak cats into painting since long ago. I think I will, too, continue this tradition and insert a little cat in my paintings, so perhaps some college student in the future could also write a blog about silly cats (I don’t think I have written cats this many times in a blog) found in painting in their blog.
Thank you for reading!
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