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The Cat Collection
Famous Cat Paintings
Recreated by Hand
Cats have been slipping into paintings for centuries: curled on a lap, stealing fish from a kitchen table, arching their backs at the end of a bed or staring out of a Japanese print. This collection gathers famous cat paintings by Manet, Chardin, Landseer, Franz Marc, Mary Cassatt, Renoir, Kuniyoshi and Louis Wain, the artist who drew cats like no one else. Every painting is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction on real canvas, never a print.
01Hand-painted in oil on canvas
02Museum-grade reproduction
03Free worldwide shipping
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29 paintings · Icons, companions, kitchen thieves and strange cats · Hand-painted in oil
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The Most Famous Cats in Art
A black cat with its tail up at the foot of Olympia's bed, a monkey using a cat's paw to grab chestnuts, Franz Marc's two cats in bright colour, Kuniyoshi's crowd of cats: the best-known cats in painting.
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Cats and Their People
Cats on laps, in arms and at the feet of their owners. Boilly's little Gabrielle, Cassatt's Sara, Renoir's young Julie Manet and Carl Larsson's black cat watching a painter by a bridge show the quiet affection painters saw between people and cats.
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Kitchen Thieves
In still lifes the cat is the troublemaker, waiting for the cook to look away. Chardin painted cats eyeing fish, oysters and game on the kitchen table.
Rococo
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Cat with Salmon Two Mackerel Pestle and Mortar
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Rococo
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A Soup Tureen with a Cat Stalking a Partridge and Hare
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Rococo
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Cat with Ray Oysters Pitcher and Loaf of Bread
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Rococo
Alexandre Francois Desportes
A Dog and a Cat Fighting in a Kitchen Interior
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Monstrous, Magic and Dreaming Cats
Japanese printmakers turned cats into shape-shifting spirits, Paul Klee gave a cat a bird on its mind, and an unknown Lombard painter showed cats being taught to catch mice by an owl.
Baroque / Northern Italian School
Lombard School (Unknown Artist)
Cats Being Instructed in the Art of Mouse-Catching
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Choosing a Cat Painting
A single cat for a cosy corner, or a lively scene with people and pets for a family room.
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Painted by hand
A trained painter rebuilds the image in oils, with visible brushwork, layered colour and the small details that make the original come alive. These are not canvas prints.
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The whole painting, never cropped
Every reproduction keeps the full composition at its true proportions. Choose a size that suits your wall and the painting is scaled, never cut or stretched.
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Size, framing and delivery
Select a size and presentation on the artwork page, or contact ByMuseum for a custom dimension. Every reproduction includes free worldwide shipping.
FAQ
Questions About Cat Paintings
Useful answers before you choose a hand-painted reproduction.
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What is the most famous cat painting?
Carl Kahler's My Wife's Lovers (1891), a huge canvas of 42 Turkish Angora cats, is often called the most famous cat painting in the world; it sold for $826,000 in 2015. Among the great masters, the black cat in Manet's Olympia, Renoir's cats and Kuniyoshi's prints are the best known.
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Who painted cats the most?
Louis Wain built his career on cats in the late 19th century, Utagawa Kuniyoshi filled his woodblock prints with them, and Henriette Ronner-Knip specialised in kittens.
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Do you paint portraits of my own cat?
This collection contains reproductions of historical artworks, but ByMuseum also accepts commissioned pet portraits from your photographs.
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Are these paintings prints?
No. Every ByMuseum reproduction is painted by hand in oil on canvas, with real brushwork and texture.
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Can I order a custom size?
Yes. Choose a size on the artwork page or contact ByMuseum for a custom dimension; the composition is never cropped or stretched.
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