A whiskered walk through history. (Art) historians based in Amsterdam, sharing stories of cats in history, art, and literature from around the world.
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Edwin Hubble and his beloved cat, Nicholas Copernicus, uncharacteristically not sprawled across important papers and books.
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German-born French actress Romy Schneider holds two kittens in the episode ‘Il lavoro’ in Boccaccio ‘70 by Federico Fellini (Photo by Reporters Associati & Archivi/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
1961
c. 1980-1990. Photographed in Japan by Ed van der Elsken
Japanese cat is not in the mood
Aldous Huxley, British-American writer(1894-1963) with cat. He is said to have remarked: ‘If you want to write, keep cats’
1955, Den Haag. Haags gemeentearchief, The Netherlands
Oss, The Netherlands, Archive Brabant
CAT BARBARA with Jo in a field, 1958
PORTRAIT OF A BOY AND HIS CAT
1906-1910, Archive Drenthe, The Netherlands. The cat is called ‘Broer’ (brother), the boy is Anne Clasinus Leonard Marie Kymmell (1896-1972).
1984, Nagasaki, photographed by Ed van der Elsken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Gustav Klimt was deeply fond of cats and kept many of them in his studios in Vienna. Visitors often described his workspace as full of cats wandering freely among his drawings and materials. Despite his affection for them, cats do not appear in his art. His love for them was personal.
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WW1 cats were sent to kill rats, but ended up healing hearts. Some stories deserve more attention.
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