- Louis Wain and the Cat Show at the Christ Beetles Gallery
- The Society of Feline Artists Annual Exhibition 2017 at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery
- Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Both of the London galleries are extremely considerate to out of London purchasers by showing digital images of the entire exhibition on their website - and both have a LOT of pictures.
Should you feel the need to pay a visit, you can find links to Google maps of the locations of the galleries at the end of this post.
Louis Wain and the Cat Show
The Chris Beetles Gallery has its regular exhibition about Louis Wain and the Cat Show (9-30 September 2017) which includes work by a number of contemporary artists as well as by Louis Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939)
Wain was a very prolific artist who constantly portrayed anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens - even after being committed to hospital for mental health reasons. His work now forms part of the permanent collection of the Bethlem Museum of the Mind.
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| Paintings by Louis Wain |
- Lesley Anne Ivory - who paints her wonderful cats and gorgeous patterns
- Susan Herbert -(1945-2014) who was also fond of painting anthropomorphic cats - I love Dangerous Felines and 'riffs' on famous paintings by past masters. She produced a compendium of her Cat Paintings prior to her death called Cats Galore: A Compendium of Cultured Cats. You can also see a YouTube Video of her cat paintings below the image.
- Geraldine Girvan - I didn't realise she also did cat paintings. I like her flower paintings a lot - see Flowers in Art: Contemporary painters #2
- Lesley Fotherby and others.
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| More anthropomorphised cats by Susan Herbert plus conventional cat paintings by Lesley Anne Ivory |
Society of Feline Artists - Annual Exhibition
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| Celia Pike is just one of the many SOFA members and associates who have work in the show |
The Society of Feline Artists (SOFA) have their annual exhibition (24th of August to the 15th of September 2017) at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery near to Waterloo Station and across the road from the Old Vic.
This exhibition has more than 300 paintings of cats, both domestic and wild, by full and associate members of S.O.F.A. including work by well known feline artists - including:
- Celia Pike
- Sara Butt
- Jacqueline Gaylard
- Natalie Mascall
- Gayle Mason
You can see the art in various ways
- The gallery hosts images of all the paintings in the shows - with dimensions, media and prices
- There is a a slideshow on their website
- Plus an excellent gallery of photos of the show on the SOFA Facebook Page so if you need any temptation to visit the show you know what to do to see the pictures....
Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art
Cats are ever popular on the Internet however they've been ever popular for a very long time
I recently discovered Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art which is on view at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington, D.C. (April 28–October 29, 2017)
If you can't get to the exhibition you can review its contents by clicking the links below
- Overview
- Cats and the Creative Process
- In the Artist's Studio
- Cat Correspondence
- On the Subject of Cats
- Cats as Art
- Everyday Life
Gallery Details
Links below are to Google Maps of the location of each gallery- Chris Beetles Gallery, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James's, London SW1Y 6QB
- Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, 124 -126 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LN UK
- The Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, The Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, 1st floor8th and F Streets, NWWashington , DC 20001
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