The craze for cats may seem like a modern day phenomena, however artists have often looked to their feline friends for inspiration throughout history. The mewing muses were the gods of their own religion in ancient Egypt, and not much has changed since then. Their solitary character and need for attention is something many artistic minds throughout the history could relate to as well, and flavorwire has put together a very amusing selection of world’s greatest artists and their feline friends. Artists like Matisse, Dali, Picasso, and many more are seen posing with their furry muses – each in their own and different way!
Everyone knows cats own the Internet (sorry, dogs). See which kitten companions have melted the hearts of artists. Henri Matisse loved his cats: Minouche and Coussi Ai Weiwei with Lai Lai — one of his 40 cats Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot, Babou Picasso and his Cat Photographer Margaret Bourke-White with her kitten in 1944
Gustav Klimt with his pet, Katze Paul Klee with kitty, Bimbo Romare Bearden hanging out with Gippo Pierre Bonnard and cat Henri Cartier-Bresson captured friend Saul Steinberg lounging with his cat “This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat.” — Agnès Varda Edward Gorey loved cats Jacques Villon, Marcel Duchamp, and Raymond Duchamp-Villon and their cats Photographer Edward Weston nicknamed his home “Wildcat Hill,” because of all the cats that congregated there Frida Kahlo’s cat feeling shunned as she snuggles a monkey
Jean Cocteau with Karoun Maya Lin sharing a quiet moment with her cat in her New York studio Balthus at home with his cat Our very own Tom loves cats. Here with Ralphie
