Bonne Fête du Canada

Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day, is the national day of Canada. 

A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867,

I'm so bad, I vacation in Canada even though I'm American, and the Canadians didn't try to kick me out!

Hahaha.

I was born and raised in Metro Detroit, and since Canada Day is July 1 and Independence Day is July 4, there is an annual fireworks display on the Detroit River so both Detroiters and Windorites could celebrate together on either side.

Plus, we Michiganians could tune into Canadian radio and television, so I grew up watching hockey, and singing along to O Canada.

American TV didn't cover NHL Hockey back then very much.

Where Eastside Cats is located on a map shows that we are actually NORTH of parts of Ontario.

Yes, we are NORTH OF CANADA.

*smug mode*

We have the highest respect for our Canadian neighbors, because we've always felt we were simply two sides of the same coin.

Good on ya, Canada!

❤️ 🇨🇦 ❤️

Cat Art History: Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso.org

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer. 

One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore.

He also liked cats!

Here are just a handful of many Picasso cat images for your enjoyment:

Watercolor Cat, 1955

Crazy Woman With Cats, 1901

Dora Maar au Chat, 1941

Cat Catching a Bird, 1939

Femme au chat assise dans un fauteuil, 1964

Pablo Picasso, 1954 

Disclaimer:

All images posted today were found on the interwebs, and used solely for the enjoyment of our readers.  The artwork titles and dates were also found online; some obviously already translated to English, but I did not find the original titles that could be French or Spanish.

Cat Art History: Henri Matisse

https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse; 12/31/1869 – 11/3/1954 was a French visual artist, known for both his use of color, his fluid and original draughtsmanship, and is included in the Fauvist, Modernist, Post-Impressionist movements.

Fauvism: expressing emotion with wild, often dissonant colors, without regard for the subject's natural colors.

Modernism: A break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression.

Post-Impressionism: Emerged as a reaction against Impressionists' concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color.

Most important: He liked cats!

Girl With Black Cat, 1910.

Blue Cat, cutout from 1940's

Unable to find a date for this photograph.

Cat With Red Fish, 1914

The artist with his cat, 1951.