Mother with her Kittens

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“Mother with her Kittens”
John Henry Dolph
American, 1835-1903
John Henry Dolph studied with Van Kuyck who specialized in animal paintings in Antwerp and Paris from 1868-1873. Member: National Academy of Design Exhibited: Brooklyn Art Association 1867-1886; National Academy of Design 1864-1900; Pennsylvania of Fine Arts 1866-1868 and 1879-1899; Paris Salon 1882; Boston Art Club 1889-1903 and Pan-American Expo in Buffalo 1901 where he was awarded a medal. John Henry Dolph was best known as a painter of cars and dogs; he was referred as the “American Landseer”. He exhibited genre scenes and Huson River landscapes until 1874 but in 1875 his painting of a Persian cat attracted such great attention that cats and dogs became his focus. (Взято тут