Anxious Moments-Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel

$750.00

Anxious Moments Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel. Large decorative antique cat lithograph. Published 1897 Amlico Publishing Company, America. Measurements 21 1/2 x 26 1/2″

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Anxious Moments-Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel. Large decorative antique cat lithograph. Published 1897 Amlico Publishing Company, America.

Anxious Moments-Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel. Large decorative antique cat lithograph.

Anxious Moments-Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel of Western France (1852-1941).  Brunel is the famous cat painter.  The subject of this large American chromolithograph is of three domestic cats watching one with a ham bone. Four kittens portrayed are full of anxiety and curiosity.  It is considered one of the finest examples of color lithography on the subject.  Initially trained by his father in the Paris school style, Alfred-Arthur Brunel devoted himself to cat painting for decades.  He captured their expressions & personalities perfectly.

Published 1897 in New York, by the Amlico Publishing Company.

Anxious Moments is after the oil paintings of Alfred-Arthur Brunel.  Published 1897 in New York, by the Amlico Publishing Company.  Intended to be sold as decorative artwork for stores and homes alike.   Intense inks were applied, each in it’s own process and sequence.  One color after another.  A limestone plate was specially lithographed for each and every color seen.  Artwork of felines was growing in popularity.  Mixing the Colors & Anxious Moments certainly would be popular in America so Brunel hired Amlico to publish the affordable & large pieces.  Fortunately, some did not sell and I was able to purchase the uncirculated stock of Mixing the Colors & Anxious Moments years ago from Ken Smith, old friend and American antique prints dealer in New Jersey (passed away).  Both are two of the finest examples of cat artwork ever published.

Excellent condition.  Strong intense colors.  A striking wall of artwork when hung as a pair.   Call Anne at 413-245-4197 to discuss your interest.  Measurements 21 1/2 x 26 1/2″

See the companion piece to Anxious Moments:

Mixing the Colors-Cats by Alfred-Arthur Brunel

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