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My Wife's Lovers
''My Wife's Lovers'' is a canvas painting by Austrian artist Carl Kahler (1856–1906) depicting forty-two of American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson's Turkish Angora and Persian cats. The title of the painting was potentially conceived by her husband, who may have referred to the cats with the phrase. Measuring , the canvas weighs . History Some say Johnson owned 350 cats that she housed in her summer house ''Buena Vista'' near Sonoma, California, and left them US$500,000 in her will, but this is disputed. She commissioned the painting in 1891. Having never painted a cat before, Kahler spent three years studying cats' poses and learning their habits. He reportedly received around US$5,000 for the painting (). The center of the painting shows her cat ''Sultan'', bought by Johnson during a trip to Paris. Johnson lent the painting for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and in the next year it was acquired by Ernest Haquette for his Palace of Art Salon in San Francisco. While the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Kahler
Carl Kahler, also Karl Kahler (12 September 1856 – 18 April 1906), was an Austrian genre and animal painter, particularly known for his paintings of cats. Life Kahler was born in Linz. From 19 October 1874 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with Ludwig von Löfftz and Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger. After the end of his studies at the academy, he spent some time studying in Paris, before settling in Munich. Between 1881 and 1888 he exhibited his works in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. In 1885 he emigrated to Australia, and worked until 1890 in Melbourne, where he painted three pictures of the Melbourne Cup. In one of these paintings, ''The Betting Ring'', every person in the crowd is an individual portrait. He later emigrated to the United States. In 1891, commissioned by Kate Birdsall Johnson, he painted the picture ''My Wife's Lovers'' depicting 42 cats, which became extremely well known as a published print. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
