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  • Kathe Olshausen Schonberger, animal artist

    A remarkable animal illustrator, now sadly forgotten

    January 11, 2023 / No Comments

    As with almost all genres of art, the contributions of women have usually been overshadowed by their male colleagues. One woman who produced wonderfully stylish dressed-up cats – and other animals – in humorous scenes is Austrian writer and animal illustrator Käthe Olshausen-Schönberger. She is…

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  • Puss in Boots or Le Chat Botte. Chromolithograph

    The amazing history of Puss in Boots, beloved for centuries.

    January 5, 2023 / No Comments

    When it comes to cats donning costumes, one feline–the splendid Puss in Boots –stands head and front paws above the rest. The birth of printing in the mid 15th century meant that illustrated stories became easily available to the average person, and fairytales very soon…

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  • The Knight of Pentacles, Bohemian Cats' Theatre Tarot

    Slow but sure on his hobbyhorse. The cautious Knight.

    December 26, 2022 / 2 Comments

    Some people find the Knight of Pentacles (or Knight of Coins as he was known prior to the Rider Waite Smith “RWS” system of Tarot) slightly boring. Compared to the dynamic Knights of the other three tarot suits, he can certainly seem less exciting. However, we…

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  • Mainzer dressed cats began as whimsical but odd postcards

    October 22, 2022 / No Comments

    Cats dressed up and behaving like people have long been on the fringes of pop culture. In the 1940s and ’50s, Mainzer Dressed Cat postcards hit the scene, showing felines in then-contemporary costumes riotously pursuing leisure activities from sports to watching movies, or simply having picnics.…

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  • Bohemian Cats Tarot sketches

    The Bohemian Cats’ Theatre project – new beginnings

    October 1, 2022 / No Comments

    The original Baroque Bohemian Cats’ Tarot and the Bohemian Cats picture book date all the way back to 2003/4 and has been through several versions since. We’ve always loved living with cats and it came naturally to us to build to make an entire fantasy…

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  • This is our cold-stamped print sample for The Hermit card. Seeing the cards coming to life - and actually almost

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  • A happy harmony – a Temperance card to love.
  • A remarkable animal illustrator, now sadly forgotten
  • The amazing history of Puss in Boots, beloved for centuries.

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