My Wife's (unlikely) Lovers - The Concordian
My Wife’s (unlikely) Lovers The amusing history of an 1891 painting of 42 cats If you have not yet seen Carl Kahler’s Commissioned in 1891 by millionaire and philanthropist Kate Birdsall Johnson, the work features her 42 Persian and Angora cats. A mix of kittens and cats stand poised on Rococo furniture while others are sprawled against a lavish velvet curtain. Painted by Austrian artist Carl Kahler, the work took three years to complete. According to the Portland Art Museum, this is supposedly because he spent months studying them in preparatory sketches and paintings. The oil painting,...
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