The white cat - Franz Marc

Franz Marc is one of the most famous animal painters of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this oil on paper from 1912, the German expressionist celebrates the quietude of an everyday scene: a cat sleeping on acushion. The whiteness of the sleeping animal contrasts elegantly with the primary colours (yellow and red) of the background.
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Franz Marc is one of the most famous animal painters of the 19th and 20th centuries. In this oil on paper from 1912, the German expressionist celebrates the quietude of an everyday scene: a cat sleeping on acushion. The whiteness of the sleeping animal contrasts elegantly with the primary colours (yellow and red) of the background.
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