Cat in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Sewing Lesson, 1874.

Sewing Lesson (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

There Was a Cat Somewhere, c. 1940.

There Was a Cat Somewhere (museum title)

Arthur Dove (American), ink and watercolor on paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Frances Hodgkins

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, 1933.

Ibiza, Balearic Islands (museum title)

Frances Hodgkins (New Zealander), watercolor

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

Le Sourire, 1899.

Le Sourire (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on China paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Per Degn Sings for a Schnapps, Wilhelm Marstrand

Per Degn Sings for a Schnapps, 1865.

Per Degn synger for en snaps (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a cat, Pierre Bonnard

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a cat, c. 1924.

Portrait d'Ambroise Vollard au chat (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France

Portrait de Monsieur X, 1906.

Portrait de Monsieur X (museum title)

Henri Rousseau (French), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559.

Netherlandish Proverbs (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Twelve Flemish proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Twelve Flemish proverbs, 1558.

Twelve Flemish proverbs (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Belgium

Le jardin de Daubigny, 1890.

Le jardin de Daubigny (museum title)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch), oil on canvas

Staechelin Collection, Switzerland

Jumping Jack, 1879.

Sprattelgubben (museum title)

Amalia Lindegren (Swedish), oil on canvas

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

The Day in the Country, William Holman Hunt

The Day in the Country, 1865.

The Day in the Country (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), etching

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Flip the Cat Lying Down, 1915.

Liggende poes Flip (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), pen and black ink on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Picture book, 1912.

Bilderboken (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Three Women, 1921–1922.

Three Women (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Modern Art, United States

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard, Pierre Bonnard

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard, 1924.

Portrait d'Ambroise Vollard (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), etching

Bibliothèque nationale de France

The Fair Venla, 1907.

Männistön Venla (museum title)

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish), watercolor

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Study of Birds, 1911.

Studie van vogels (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), ink on paper

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

"Le chat" or The Cat at the Window, Jean-François Millet

"Le chat" or The Cat at the Window, c. 1857–1858.

"Le chat" or The Cat at the Window (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), conté crayon and pastel, stumped and blended, fixed, on wove paper

J. Paul Getty Museum, United States

Study of a Cat

Studie van kat (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), ink on paper

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Woman Ironing, 1915.

Strijkster (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), oil on cardboard

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

گربه و قفس قناری, 1890.

گربه و قفس قناری (museum title)

Kamal-ol-Molk (Iranian), oil on canvas

Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran

The Awakening Conscience, William Holman Hunt

The Awakening Conscience, 1853.

The Awakening Conscience (museum title)

William Holman Hunt (British), oil on canvas

Tate Britain, United Kingdom

Bathing on a Summer Evening, Félix Vallotton

Bathing on a Summer Evening, 1892–1893.

Bain au soir d'été (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Studies of a Dog and a Cat and a Woman Standing at the Sink, Rik Wouters

Studies of a Dog and a Cat and a Woman Standing at the Sink, 1915.

Studies van een hond en een kat en een vrouw staande aan… (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), brush and black ink on paper

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

A Basement Shop in Cracow, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Basement Shop in Cracow, 1898.

A Basement Shop in Cracow (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Olympia, 1863.

Olympia (museum title)

Édouard Manet (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France

The Sick Child, 1858.

The Sick Child (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), black crayon, framing lines in black crayon

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Woman Sleeping, c. 1885.

Schlafende (museum title)

Ferdinand Hodler (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet), Jean-François Millet

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet), 1854.

Seated Spinner (Emélie Millet) (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Las Hilanderas, 1655–1660.

Les Fileuses (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Cat Lying, 1915.

Liggende kat (museum title)

Rik Wouters (Belgian), ink on paper

Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Belgium

Treasure Trove, 1907.

Treasure Trove (museum title)

John Sloan (American), etching

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Picture book, 1912.

Bilderboken (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), etching on paper

Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden

Pair of seated figures indoors in an Otira sketchbook, Petrus van der Velden

Pair of seated figures indoors in an Otira sketchbook, c. 1893.

Pair of seated figures indoors in an Otira sketchbook (museum title)

Petrus van der Velden (New Zealander), charcoal on paper

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand

The Knitting Lesson, Jean-François Millet

The Knitting Lesson, c. 1860.

La leçon à tricoter (museum title)

Jean-François Millet (French), oil on wood

Clark Art Institute, United States

The Open Window, 1921.

La fenêtre ouverte (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Phillips Collection, United States

Pilgrimage to the Torinomachi Festival across the Ricefields of Asakusa (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mōde), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857.

Pilgrimage to the Torinomachi Festival across the… (museum title)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Melancholy Fishwives, 1892.

The Melancholy Fishwives (museum title)

James Ensor (Belgian), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (MSK Gent), Belgium

Nille finds Jeppe asleep with his trousers on one leg, Wilhelm Marstrand

Nille finds Jeppe asleep with his trousers on one leg, c. 1860.

Nille finder Jeppe sovende med bukserne på det ene ben (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), pen and ink over pencil

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

A stout gentleman reading the newspaper with his coffee, Wilhelm Marstrand

A stout gentleman reading the newspaper with his coffee, 1870s.

En tyk avislæsende herre med sin kaffe (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

班猫, 1924.

班猫 (museum title)

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), color on silk

Yamatane Museum of Art, Japan

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, Honoré Daumier

A Quarter of an Hour after His Death He Was Still Alive, 1866.

Un Quart d'heure après sa mort il était encore en vie (museum title)

Honoré Daumier (French), lithograph on newsprint

National Gallery of Art, United States

Femmes dans un intérieur, 1922.

Femmes dans un intérieur (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée National d'Art Moderne, France

L'homme à la pipe, 1920.

L'homme à la pipe (museum title)

Fernand Léger (French), oil on canvas

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, France

Sketchbook, folio 40: heads of bearded men, cats and a dog, Henryk Siemiradzki

Sketchbook, folio 40: heads of bearded men, cats and a dog, 1883.

Karta 40 verso: luźne szkice, m.in. głowy brodatego… (museum title)

Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Tahitian Carrying Bananas (Le porteur de fei), Paul Gauguin

Tahitian Carrying Bananas (Le porteur de fei), 1895.

Tahitian Carrying Bananas (Le porteur de fei) (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodblock print

National Gallery of Art, United States

Peder Paars, Book 2, Canto 3. The fight between Jens Blok and Mother Gunhild, Wilhelm Marstrand

Peder Paars, Book 2, Canto 3. The fight between Jens Blok and Mother Gunhild, 1863.

Peder Paars 2. bog 3. sang. Jens Bloks og mor Gunhilds kamp (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Sloth, 1557.

Sloth (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), pen and brown ink on paper

Albertina, Austria

L'Étable, 1912.

L'Étable (museum title)

Pierre Bonnard (French), oil on canvas

Bemberg Collection, France