Susan Herbert CATS GALLERY Frans Hals C. THE LAUGHING CAVALIER Tin Box Container

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THE CATS GALLERY "THE LAUGHING CAVALIER" FRANS HALS C. 1590-1666 REPRODUCED FROM THE CATS GALLERY OF ART BY SUSAN HERBERT 1990 THAMES & HUDSON, ENGLAND Tin measures approximately 5" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4" Good condition. Some wear on the gold paint surrounding the portrait. SEE ALL PICTURES FOR DETAILS! We will gladly combine shipping on multiple items in order to get you a better ship rate. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Susan Herbert is one of the most distinctive of contemporary cat artists, who produces consistently crafted watercolours that respond with wit and affection to the imagery of Western culture. The long traditions of painting, theatre, opera and ballet, and the newer art of cinema, are explored and refreshed in intelligent and entertaining parodies, in which cats and other favourite animals appear as protagonists: from Botticelli's Birth of Venus through Puccini's Tosca to Greta Garbo as Mata Hari. Susan Herbert was born in Hampton-in-Arden on 30 September 1945, and educated at Solihull High School. She later studied for a single term at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford (1973). She began her working life in the box offices of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (1963-68), the London Coliseum (1968-75) and the Theatre Royal, Bath (1976-78). These positions enabled her to hold foyer exhibitions, which included read more