The Impressionists and their animals
The Impressionists set out to depict the every day scenes of French Life in a way that would revolutionise the art world pet portraits however, were not considered by Impressionist painter, probably thought of as not particularly note worthy.
Despite the Impressionists reluctance to spend time on pet art, there is one artist that did venture into this arena.
Manet, the grand statesman of French Impressionists and creator of such ground breaking paintings such as “Olympia” and “Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe”, made many sketches and water colours of his family cat Zizi. (more…)