Cats have long served as popular artists’ muses, taking center stage in paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures. They can appear fearsome, as in Peter Paul Rubens’s den of lions. Or they can be cute and funny, as in Cecilia Beaux’s pictures of dainty kitten Sita.Â
19th century John Crookshanks King, Cat on a Cushion, mid 19th century, marble, Gift
Discover works by Auguste Delâtre and learn about the artist
Fruit Bowl (Nature morte au compotier), 1908-1909, drypoint on laid Arches paper, Gift
Discover works by Elaine de Kooning and learn about the artist
Press, Pech-Merle, 1985, color sugarlift and spitbite aquatint on Arches 88 paper, Gift
Discover works by Kyra Markham and learn about the artist
Artwork Kyra Markham, Lockout, 1937, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift
Discover works by Alice Neel and learn about the artist
Selected Works Artwork Alice Neel, Nancy, 1977, lithograph in black on Arches paper, Gift
A prominent African American sculptor and printmaker, Elizabeth Catlett created art dedicated to aesthetic rigor, human dignity, and freedom for all. Born in 1915, in Washington, DC, she graduated from Howard University then earned a master of fine arts from the University of Iowa—the first student in the US to do so.
digital and photo-lithograph on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift
Discover works by Charles Michael Daugherty and learn about the artist
Daugherty, Cat with Fish, 1960, lithograph, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift
Discover works by Jack Bush and learn about the artist
Works Artwork Jack Bush, Feathers, 1974, acrylic on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift
of Studies, late 16th century, pen and brown ink with black chalk on laid paper, Gift
Discover works by Allan Edmunds and learn about the artist
Archives, Look Down on War, 2009, color offset lithograph on wove Tumbra Grafik paper, Gift
