Carl Kahler

Carl Kahler
My Wife's Lovers (1891)
Born(1856-09-12)September 12, 1856
Linz, Austrian Empire
DiedApril 18, 1906(1906-04-18) (aged 49)
San Francisco, California, United States
EducationAcademy of Fine Arts, Munich
Known forGenre scenes, landscapes, animal portraiture
Notable workMy Wife's Lovers
MovementAcademic art

Carl Kahler (also spelled Karl Kahler; 12 September 1856 or 1855 – 18 April 1906) was an Austrian painter of genre scenes, landscapes, racehorse subjects and animal portraiture, particularly known for paintings of cats. His painting My Wife's Lovers (1891), a large composition of forty-two cats, became widely reproduced and is the work for which he is best known.

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