Russian Classics
24
May
,

A Rider on the Cat

Would you ever dreamt of riding on your huge cat? We remember that once We kindly gave Our large back to a young lady, who was posing for the painting by Karl Bryullov, a famous Russian painter with Italian roots: A nearby dog could not even bark from astonishment at Our...
09
Sep
,

What if Leo Tolstoy wrote his “War and Peace” on Tumblr?

What if Leo Tolstoy wrote his “War and Peace” on Tumblr? He would have a cat beard! British scientists made this discovery with the help of Us, Zarathustra the Cat. For the great writer’s birthday We decided to reveal a version of his famous portrait by Ilya...
Ivan Argunov, Portrait of an Unknown Woman in Russian Costume and a Well Known Cat in a Vet Collar
04
Jun

An Unknown Woman and a Well Known Cat

Our dear friends, so many things happened since We last time visited Our blog… But about it later on, and now We are pround to presnt you Our last discovery in the world of Arrrt: You should compare this masterpiece to the commonly known version to be seen at the Tretyakov...
16
Mar
,

Unequal marriage

In spite of our call to elect the Cat to Russian Presidency, the people were so blind to elect a human (even too human!). But as wise Lady Bee noticed, We returned many times in the painting of great masters during the history of mankind. Finally even Mr.Nietzsche noticed it and...
02
Mar
,

Spring is coming and coming!

Spring. Peasants in Russian villages began to prepare their big ginger cats for ploughing their immense fields.
09
Feb
, ,

The Russian Hero Cat

Everybody knows about extraordinary cats heroism. Russians expecially appreciated cats fighting abilities. Russian knights never went to struggle with the dragons witout a cat: Russian Hero Cats are well known in world history:
04
Jan
,

Jingle bells

Strange events happened in Russian history in winter time:
24
Feb
,

Cat in Winter

By the will of the gods, We are relieved from knowing about outside terror during Russian winter, but Our heart is full of misericordia:
24
Feb
,

Russian Cats or Russian Bears?

We and Shishkin know the right answer: The truth is that Konstantin Savitsky had painted the Cats but the art collector Pavel Tretyakov effaced his signature, stating that “from idea until performance, everything discloses the painting manner and creative method peculiar...
24
Feb
,

Sea of Cats

We are terrible but merciful: The painting has warm tones. Due to the figure of caring Cat the sea appears to be not so menacing and gives hope to the people.
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