PUBLISHER: Courage Books, 8/1991GENRE: Arts and Photography
PURCHASE: link
MY GRADE: A
FROM PUBLISHER: Featuring 60 full-color paintings by old masters, Western, and Asian artists, this volume captures the essence of the mysterious cat. Quotations or verses enhance the mood of each piece, creating a magnificent, appealing collection for all cat lovers.
MY THOUGHTS: This is a beautiful hardcover book. It's basically a picture book with minimal text. One page has a short poem or the like, complete with author and their year of birth and death (most were born in the nineteenth century and died before the age of 70) and the opposite page has a piece of artwork that sort of matches up with the poem and has the artists name but not when the artwork was completed, nor do they have the artists year of birth or death.
The only reason it doesn't get an A+ is because it doesn't tell you anything at all about the artists. I had to look some of them up online. The book is a heavy 2.5 lb., 11.25" square that's a little over 1/2" thick.
Here's a photo of inside the front cover. Here's a photo of a page in the book.
Chapters are: Catlings & Kittens, The Sphinx, Tiger! Tiger!, A Clowder of Cats, Requiescat. Each chapter is anywhere from 15-30 pages long.
I have nine favorites and they are:
Sleepy Cat by Eileen Mayo
Beyond the Ilex by Derold Page
The Apple-Mouse by Ditz
Two Cats Blue and Yellow by Franz Marc.
Winsor & Newton by Martin Leman They remind me of a cat I used to have.
Artwork Untitled by Derold Page
The Church Cat's Dream by Derold Page
Coven of Cats by Janet Thorndike
.......and my favorite of all, Double Cat-Spread by Ditz. I've got to say that internet photos aren't doing this justice at all.
Artwork featured in the book are:
Chapter 1
Portrait of Thomas by Pipa Sterne
Three White Angora Kittens by Arthur Heyer
Pussy in the Workbasket by Artist Unknown
The Fishing Party by Horatio Henry Couldrey
Felines at Play by B.B.
Miss Ann White's Kitten by George Stubbs
Who's the Fairest of Them All? by Frank Paton
Kitten and Ball of Wool by Murata Kokoku
The Face at the Window by Fannie Moody
Kittens at a Banquet by Louis Eugene Lambert
Kitten by Emma Goss
Kitten on Cushions by Sally Holmes
Chapter 2
Tabby Cat by Artist Unknown
Cat by E.B. Watts
Cat on a Rush Chair by Sei Koyanagui
Sleepy Cat by Eileen Mayo
Feline Phantasy by Enid Marx
My Bathroom Cat by Ditz
Winston with Anemones Rosalind Stoddart
Cat on a Window Sill by Joan Freestone
Lucy by Martin Leman
Golfing Cat by Hilary Jones
Illustration from the Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes
Deux Chats Endormis by T.L. Foujita
Youth by Wills Barnet
Puss in Boots by Artist Unknown
Mango With Molyneux by Joan Freestone
Chapter 3
The Ginger Cat by Gertrude Halsband
Sam, the All American Cat by Robert Macaulay
First-Century Roman Mosaic by Unknonwn
Cats Fencing by Louis Wain
Beyond the Ilex by Derold Page
The Apple-Mouse by Ditz
Penny Black and Tiffany Tortoiseshell by Martin Leman
Cat With Spider by Jullian Peccinotti
Girl Chasing Theiving Cat by Kuniyoshi
Cat with Fish by Kalighat
White Cat Watching Goldfish by Arthur Heyer
Cat in Grass by Jane Ormes
Cat and Canary by Will Barnet
Two Cats by Franz Marc
Two Cats by Unknown Nineteenth-Century Hooked Rug
Chapter 4
Catch That Cat by Monika Beisner
Winsor & Newton by Martin Leman
A Feast in Fairyland by Jigsaw for Louis Wain for Raphael Turk & Son, 1909
The Artist's Way by R.W.
Three Friends on Kasai Mat by Derold Page
Double Cat-Spread by Ditz
Wooden Cats by Janet Thorndike
Two Cats by Jillian Peccinotti
Cats by C. Raaphorst
Untitled by Unknown Artist
Chapter 5
Artwork Untitled by Derold Page
The Chairman by Louis Wain
Black Cat by Carole Thomson
The Church Cat's Dream by Derold Page
Wicker Chair by E.B. Watts
The New Collar by Unknown Nineteenth-Century Engraving
Jack Russell and Persian by F. Rutherford
Minnie From the Outskirts of the Village by R.P. Thrall
Coven of Cats by Janet Thorndike
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JASON FOR SENDING THIS TO ME!
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