Arty Cats

From old masters to impressionists, surrealists to moderns, Arty Cats is a delightfully tongue-in-cheek depiction of the fabulous felines who inspired the world's greatest works of art.

Did you know, for example, that the original model for Edvard Munch's The Scream was an angst-ridden cat, plagued by a mouse? Or that Edward Hopper's lonesome late-night diners were terrorized by a roving gang of alley cats? And Andy Warhol's soup can? Merely the result of an attempt to assuage a hungry pet in the middle of the night.

In this witty parody of some of the world's most famous paintings, you'll meet the cat who originally sat on the Mona Lisa's lap; the kitty who tickled the nose of Franz Hals's Laughing Cavalier; the stray who made Degas a hero of the Paris corps de ballet; Paul Klee's cat, who ate the family's canaries; and Nood, Pierre Bonnard's cat, who liked the occasional soak in the bathtub.

These clever works of art verify that behind every great artist is a hungry feline meowing for its dinner.