Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Vernacular cat art post

My friend Heather is the proud owner of a folk-art painting of a cat. This painting has been the subject of much critical discussion in her family and circle of friends. Heather maintains it's a masterpiece of American Vernacular Art. Her husband disagrees.

But I have to thank Heather for creating, in our bloggy circles, a new category of art - Vernacular Cat Art. During my travels, I've been on the lookout for examples, and so I proudly present to you this wonderful piece.

It is a piece of fabric taken from the fuselage of a French World War I fighter plane from 1914. It is part of the collection in the Musee de la Vie Bourguignonne Perrin de Peycousin, in Dijon, France.
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11 comments:

  1. ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©July 24, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    Nice Kitty!
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  2. materfamiliasJuly 24, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    There are some wonderful examples on the various walls of Paris -- did you find some while you were there? There's a gorgeously grinning chat in the 7th. . . .I have a photo of it here: http://materfamiliasreads.blogspot.ca/2009/04/muriel-barberys-elegance-of-hedgehog.html

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  3. Big Bad Bald BastardJuly 24, 2012 at 3:46 PM

    I dig it!

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  4. AlexiaJuly 24, 2012 at 7:27 PM

    I think it's splendid - and I have to say, it's muchbetter than Mrs G's blue-eyed Siamese paint-by-numbers. This is actually art!

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  5. Mrs. G.July 24, 2012 at 7:48 PM

    It's wonderful!

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  6. GlennisJuly 24, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    Aw, don't be mean on Mrs. G's Siamese cat!! ;-)

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  7. Karen (formerly kcinnova)July 24, 2012 at 11:01 PM

    I'm all for adding to the collection of Vernacular Cat Art.

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  8. GillyJuly 25, 2012 at 4:54 AM

    Its wonderful! And a very FRENCH cat!

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  9. Claudia from Idiot's KitchenJuly 25, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    I love this!!!!

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  10. cardinalJuly 25, 2012 at 10:43 PM

    This is my kind of Kitty Gigantica. I think it's the eyes of Mrs. G's cat that make me nervous.

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  11. smalltownmeJuly 28, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    I'm going to volunteer to curate our online cat art museum as I seem to have the most ... how shall I put it? The most cat stuff.

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