Kate birdsall johnson wikipedia

Painting by Carl Kahler

My Wife's Lovers is a canvas painting by Austrian artist Carl Kahler (1856–1906) depicting forty-two of American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson's Turkish Angora and Persian cats.^[1][2] The title of the painting was potentially conceived by her husband,^[3] who may have referred to the cats with the phrase.^[4] Measuring 1.8 m × 2.6 m (6 ft × 8.5 ft), the canvas weighs 103 kg (227 lb).^[5]

History

Some say Johnson owned 350 cats that she housed in her summer house Buena Vista near Sonoma, California, and left them US$500,000 in her will, but this is disputed.^{& Meowgnificent Cat Painting Depicts ‘Wife’s Lovers’ In a ...}

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