Seated Woman with Cat

Seated Woman with Cat

1886

Watercolour on paper

Mått 35,00 x 25,00 cm Ram 59,00 x 49,00 x 5,00 cm

GKM 2013-64

Bequest of Gustaf Werner (1859–1948) to the City of Gothenburg. Transferred to the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 2013.

Bruno Liljefors, who preferred to paint wild nature, also made this warm portrait of a woman with a cat in her lap. The cat who is resting in the woman’s lap is squinting, perhaps thinking of a butterfly chase or what it feels like to lie in wait for a prey in tall grass? The woman’s calm, patient, downcast eyes express tenderness. Perhaps she is thinking: what is life like for a cat? Perhaps the animal curled up in the woman’s lap is Bruno Liljefors’ own cat Jeppe, of whom he was very fond.

Göteborg, Göteborgs konstmuseum, 07/09/2013 - 17/11/2013