Henriette Ronner artwork • painting • previously for sale Mother cat with kittens playing on a silk pillow

Ronner-Knip came from a talented family of painters. She was also a businesswoman par excellence, which was highly unusual in her time. As a professional painter, she earned a living with her cat paintings, which were very popular among wealthy women at the time. Ronner-Knip accurately captured the individual personalities of the cats on canvas. She painted them in her studio, where they were always surrounded by precious materials and fabrics. Here they roamed freely or sat in a glass case so the painter could study them closely.