9 Lives: Cats of Walter Anderson

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Image Courtesy of the Family of Walter Anderson.

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"Wedding of the Cat Princess," Walter Inglis Anderson, c. 1945, Block Print.

Besides our peppy canine companions, perhaps no other creature on earth has inspired more creative contemplation than the fuzzy, felicitous feline. Like many of his artists, the Mississippi painter Walter Anderson found wild and domestic cats to be willing and able subjects. He painted, sculpted, drew, and carved images of cats throughout his life, and even wrote poetry about them and featured them as main characters in short stories. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art's online exhibition, 9 Lives: Cats of Walter Anderson, is dedicated to Anderson’s love of cats and their frequent—and often humorous—presence in his artwork. wamacats.myportfolio.com.