Vintage - Cat with Bow & Arrows,

Vintage artwork by Arthur Thiele features a jaunty looking cat dressed for a day of adventure outdoors. He wears a green hat with a feather in the hat band and sturdy hiking boots. A cane is in the crook of his arm, he has binoculars hanging around his neck and a knapsack on his back. He carries a quiver of arrows and a archer's bow, and you'll notice the gossamer wings on his shoulders. A cupid cat? The German artist, Carl Robert Arthur Thiele (1860-1936) commonly went by the name Arthur Thiele. He was an illustrator of books, sheet music and postcards. He was famous for his comical anthropomorphic animals dressed in clothing and depicted in human-like scenes. Dachshunds were a favourite subject of his. In addition to animals, other subjects he illustrated were sports postcards, vegetables brought to life, snowmen, bathing beauties, and WW1 era propaganda postcards. The Internet is full of references confusing Carl Robert Arthur Thiele with another German painter of his time named Julius Arthur Thiele who painted landscapes. They are not the same artist. This card is blank inside for your own message.