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The smallest feline is a masterpiece (Leonardo da Vinci)<br><br>The cat has been a favourite subject of artists across cultures from prehistory until the present day
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Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Le chat Belvedere Firenze
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Chat – Oiseau Rose garden Florence
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Chat – Oiseau The cat-bird is only one of Folon's fanciful animals
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Le chat Belvedere Firenze
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Le grand chat, 1996
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Roi des chats
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Les amis Un chat -tête de chat, 1996
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Voyage sculpture, at Citygarden, in St. Louis, Missouri © Eugenio Roig
Jean-Michel Folon (Belgian, 1934-2005) Voyage sculpture, at Citygarden, in St. Louis, Missouri
Cats Monument By Ruslan Usmanov Brest, Belarus Cat on a ball, Karaganda 2003
Jean-Pierre Augier (French, 1941) L'embarras du choix
Pietro Consagra (1920-2005) Il gatto e la volpe (1963; bronzo) Collodi, Parco monumentale di Pinocchio
Rodolfo Marasciuolo Torino
Rodolfo Marasciuolo (the gardener-artist who adorns Turin's parks) Torino Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Rodolfo Marasciuolo (the gardener-artist who adorns Turin's parks) Torino Piazza Castello
Rodolfo Marasciuolo Torino Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Urban sculpture, made by Rodolfo Marasciuolo, Turin Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Roberto aka Rudy Marasciuolo (1961) is an Italian artist. He is an employee of the City of Turin, where he works for the Public Green sector. He repairs brushcutters, lawn mowers and chainsaws and in his spare time creates his artwork with recycled materials: pipes, chandeliers, curtain rods, broken bollards, discarded clothes and old household items...
Urban sculpture, made by Rodolfo Marasciuolo, Turin Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Urban sculpture, made by Rodolfo Marasciuolo, Turin Two street lamp in love sitting on a bench Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Urban sculpture, made by Rodolfo Marasciuolo, Turin Giardino Roccioso del Valentino
Urban sculpture, made by Rodolfo Marasciuolo, Turin
Arkhangelsk the sculptural composition “To Russian wives on the banks of the family hearth” by Sergei Syukhin
Arkhangelsk Russian wife - the Keeper of the family hearth by Sergei Syukhin (details)
Arkhangelsk Russian wife - the Keeper of the family hearth by Sergei Syukhin
Samuel Johnson, scientist, poet and critic of the Enlightenment who made the Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, had a cat named Hodge. The glory of the owner extended to the cat – poets dedicated poems to him. Sculpture in front of the house-museum depicts cat Hodge sitting on a dictionary. Before the cat – oyster shells: Johnson fed his cat Hodge with oysters. On the monument are engraved the words of the master: “A very fine cat indeed.”
The monument to grandmother by Moscow sculptor Alexander Doronin Izhevsk, Russia
Alice in Wonderland Statue Manhattan, New York Sculptural group of characters of “Alice” in Central Park is set specifically for children: to climb Mushroom and pat cats. They are two: on the tree – Cheshire Cat and on Alice lap – her favorite Dean
Edge Sculpture by Matt Buckley Cold cast marble resin, hand finished and painted
Van cats – symbol of the city of Van. Turkish special breed often distinguished by white color and different colored eyes. A five-meter monument of cats with kittens welcomes visitors
Best friends sailors ‘Cat and Dog’ Winter marina, Kronstadt, Russia Author – local historian, and tour guide Alexander Yeskov Monument to a real Persian cat Panteleimon was installed next to “Pantagruel” restaurant. The cat died there in a fire in the late 1990s. According to legend, the cat has warned people about the danger. Kiev, Ukraine
Cat without a Tail Yuza Beach in Mitishchi, Moscow region by Bulgarian sculptor Adrian Novakov Gabrovo people say that they are thrifty by nature and therefore cut the tails of cats in order to quickly close the door behind them when they cross the threshold in winter
Cot Begemot, Chita Author Valery Bashirov (Kot Begemot, or cat hippo, characters from Mikhail Bulgakov's 'Master and Margarita’)
Armenian poet Gevorg Emin (1919 -1998) The statue was placed in 2010, its sculptor is Ashot Aramian Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia Armenian poet Gevorg Emin (1919 -1998) The statue was placed in 2010, its sculptor is Ashot Aramian
Monument to Needle women in Uryupinsk. Russia. The sculptor Leonid Kovalev from Yekaterinburg
Uryupinsk is famous throughout Russia for its downy shawls and knitted products. Uryupinsk is the only place in Russia where goats with a down length of up to 13 cm are bred (among the praised Orenburg, according to the locals, it is shorter). Goats are kept here in every second house, and everyone and everyone is spinning and knitting. And those who do not knit sell goat down jackets and scarves in markets and even on trains. In 2000, Vyacheslav Zaitsev presented outfits from Uryupinsk goat in Paris
Alain Séchas, Le Chat Écrivain, 1996, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Alain Séchas, Le Chat Écrivain, 1996, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
The Bouchonchat (literally « catcork ») is an edition in ceramic by Alain Séchas transforms any bottles into one of the many figures appearing in the drawings, paintings and sculptures of the French artist (born in 1955, lives and works in Paris).
Alain Séchas (French, 1955) Cat on a bike sculpture ‘La cycliste' 2005 Bruxelles