Concerning Cats 



Of late, however, more artists are found who are 

 willing to pay this price, who are giving time and 

 study not only to the subtle shadings of the deUcate 

 fur, but to the varying facial expression and sinuous 

 movements of the cat. Margaret Stocks, of Munich, 

 for example, is rapidly coming to the front as a cat 

 painter, and some predict for her (she is still a young 

 woman) a future equal to Madame Ronner's. Gam- 

 bier Bolton's " Day Dreams " shows admirably the 

 quality and " tumbled-ness " of an Angora kitten's 

 fur, while the expression and drawing are equally 

 good. Miss CeciHa Beaux's " Brighton Cats " is fa- 

 mous, and every student of cats recognizes its truth- 

 fulness at once. 



Angora and Persian kittens find another loving 

 and faithful student in J. Adam, whose paintings 

 have been photographed and reproduced in this 

 country times without number. " Puss in Boots " 

 is another foreign picture which has been photo- 

 graphed and sold extensively in this country. " Little 

 Milksop " by the same artist, Mr. Frank Paton, gives 

 fairly faithful drawing and expression of two kittens 

 who have broken a milk pitcher and are eagerly 

 lapping up the contents. 



In the Munich Gallery there is a painting by Claus 

 Meyer, " Bose Zungen," which has become quite 

 noted. His three old cats and three young cats 

 show three gossiping old crones by the side of whom 

 are three small and awkward kittens. 



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