Henrietta Ronner-Knipe. Illustration of kittens and puppies.
Nowadays all the social networks filled with photos kittens and puppies.
Mistakenly believed that this kind of modern trend. In fact, the demand for such paintings was in the late 19th century. And this is very successfully used by the Dutch artist Henriette Ronner - Knipe (1821 - 1909).
She painted these cute furry musicians.
And these puppies cause tenderness.
Not to say that Henrietta was a fan of this direction. It was a very successful commercial project, which helped her to support her family. When the family already had six children, seriously ill husband and all the worries about livelihood rested on her shoulders.
These paintings are well sold out at the time. So she got up at five in the morning and started to draw.
Not to say that her work was only kittens and puppies.
The painting "the Death of a friend", which is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, has forced society to pay attention to her work.
What has increased the number of orders. I must say that in the Europe of dog-carts were quite popular.
Henrietta first mainly painted dogs and Pets.
But when she appeared in the house cat, came "cat's" period of creativity.
At the end of her life, painting became hard to spread modern. The work of the artist were called "boring conservatism." This circumstance forced her in later paintings use bright colors.
During his life, Henrietta has received many awards and titles. And her work is once again becoming popular.
