Zarathustra the Cat and Andrea Mantegna knew that true gentlemen prefer cats 😻
🖼 "Cat's Interest" by Qin Yang, traditional Chinese ink on paper, 2012.
Cat and Snail, in the same mood 😻
Ink wash painting, also known as "shuimohua," is a significant artistic tradition originating from China, with roots tracing back to the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) and reaching maturity during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). Utilizing monochromatic ink diluted with varying amounts of water, artists create expressive, flowing compositions emphasizing spontaneity, brushstroke, and balance. Traditionally, these artworks reflect philosophical and aesthetic values inherent in Taoism and Confucianism, prioritizing harmony with nature and spiritual introspection
Today is the birthday of the famous Austrian artist Gustav Klimt🎉🎨 Klimt's love for cats is legendary. 😻 One of the most beautiful portraits of Klimt shows the painter with a cat in his arms. A large number of cats were left to roam freely around the rooms of both his studios. Klimt was well aware that the cats caused chaos with his many sketches, and sometimes damaged them. This did not bother him in the slightest. 🐾 🖼
Arthur Roessler, an influential art writer and critic, ...gives a striking account of the cats' feral activity in Klimt's studio. He also talks about Klimt's relaxed response to this behavior: "Once, as I sat with Klimt and rummaged around in a heap of papers, surrounded by eight or ten meowing, purring cats, play fighting with each other, so much so that the rustling study sheets just went flying, I asked him, puzzled, why he tolerated such antics spoiling hundreds of the most beautiful drawings. With a smile, Klimt replied: 'No, my friend, even if they crumple and tear one or the other pieces of paper, it doesn't matter; they only pee on the others, and, you know, it makes the best fixing agent!'"😹
Photo by Moriz Nähr, c. 1910, recently colorized by painters-in-color on Tumblr
🎨 Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, true version 😽
Today is the birthday of the famous Austrian artist Gustav Klimt🎉
🖼 The artwork in our shop https://shop.fatcatart.com/…/gustav-klimt-the-kiss-true-ve…/
Eugene Delacroix, "Liberty Cat leading the people"😻 Happy Bastille Day, our French friends! 🇫🇷
Allons chatons de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé! 🎼
In the painting, the Cat throws away a gun and dances with the banner to make people laugh out loud and stop killing each other ☮️
🖼 The story of the painting with the wise Zarathustra's reflections about freedom of art https://www.fatcatart.com/2012/05/koshachij-bunt/?lang=en...
The full lyrics of Zarathustra's Marseillaise (or, maybe, Bouillabaisse 😹) for you! Chantez avec le chat:
Allons chatons de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Aujourd'hui nos ventres seront remplis
Du fromage, des crevettes et la creme
Nous aurons tout ce que nous voulons!
Il y aura une montagne de crevettes
Et une roue géante de Gruyère
On vas devorer du Camembert,
Il va déborder nos assiettes
À table, les chattons
Les domestiques, les tigres, les lions
Mangeons, mangeons
Homards sans fin
Et le dessert, un sabayon!
Grand merci a Erica Thorvald for helping Z with lyrics!😻🍤🎶