Cats on postcards - paintings and drawings

I like postcards with painted or drawn cats more better than photos. These pictures are small art species too. I have expressed my enthusiasm for this kind of cards in my profile therefore I receive cat cards fairly often. I show some of my favourites here.

Painting by Anna Hollerer-Wischin is so cute. These two adorable kitten are similar to my sweet cats, Zingiber and Pimpinella. I would like to get more card painted by A. Hollerer-Wischin! I didn't found any information about the artist. The card was sent from Turku, Finland by an lovely woman marjakaarina in September 2013.

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Other card with a similar black cat arrived from Germany (Veronika) in December 2013. It has a title: "Philipp on the Farm". The black tomcat Philipp seems to like watching and hunting wild birds. Information about the artist Kathia Bereger can't be found.

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An old favourite from Russia is "The Cat and the Ship" by Tatyana Glushchenko. This cat is a real proud night street-fighter living in the harbour. It is free and full of confidence. Tatyana Glushchenko painted more beautiful pictures about black cats: RU-1343229, RU-1458503. She is a Russian artist, designer and writer. She lives and works in Moscow. The card (sent by Darya) arrived in February 2013.

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I got a great card from Taiwan in May 2013. There is from postcard series "Cats and Railway". Jiufen is a small town in Taiwan. It is a popular weekend getaway for Taipei residents and a tourist attraction. The four cats in front of the old Chinese buildings are wild homeless felines. Fifi, the sender of the postcard helped me to translate the title of the picture. Thanks!

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Beautiful card from Japan was received also in February 2013. It was painted by Yumeji Takehisa. I like it because of presenting a black cat and being typical Japanese. Yumeji Takehisa (竹久 夢二, 1884 – 1934), was a Japanese poet and painter. He never studied drawing in any painting school nor under any teacher formally. He hated the concept of the "artist", feeling they were rather pretentious which unsurprisingly upset many of the artists of his time, leading to poor reviews from the so-called elite. Mitsuyo, a very active postcrosser sent me this nice card.

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Last card in this post is a lovely postcard from Belarus. Yes, I love white cats too! The "Fluffy Bliss" is a pastel drawing by Annet Loginova. Loginova likes to draw cats and other adorable animals. Alena, who sent me this postcard, is in Postcrossing not active yet.

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Tonic, like herbal tea and "winged" like a bird!

On Friday I received the 199th postcard. It is from Russia. The sender is a ballet dancer in a musical theater in Yekaterinburg. She sent me one of her first five cards. I hope she will love Postcrossing like I do. The card is really lovely. On the glittering Christmas stamp is written: "C Новым Годом!" (Happy New Year!). On the back-side is a sentence in Russian: "Тонизирующева, как чай с травами, и крылатога, как птица!" It means:  Tonic, like herbal tea and "winged" like a bird! (Winged means here that you can fly like a bird.) There is printed a greeting on the back side: "Я телаю тебе счастьа!" (I wish you happiness!)

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I like the fabulous pictures of Victoria Kirda (Кирдий Виктория Эрнестовна). It is my second card painted by her. She is a Russian artist. I'm sorry that I found information about her only in Russian. I hope she will be more known in short time in other countries too. My first Kirda-card was sent by a 9 years old Russian girl from Barnaul in August 2012. It is also beautiful. On the back-side are two quotation: "Angels hear thoughts and demons – words. Therefore, a good enough thought." by Andrei Makarevich ("Ангелы слышат мысли, а бесы - слова. Поэтому о хорошем достаточно подумать." Андрей Макаревич) "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible." Antoine de Saint-Exupery. ("Зорко одно лишь сердце. Самого главного глазами не увидишь." Антуан де Сент-Экзюпери). I like the two big colourful stamps.

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My foremost sent card was introduced in my blog yesterday. Today I would like show the four other of my first fives. The second card was written in German and was sent to Haan, Germany. It is a multiview about Szeged. Int the small pictures you can see: Móra Ferenc Musem, City Hall, Anna Thermal Bath, Tisza River and the main building (rectorate) of the University of Szeged. it is my first received card. It traveled 6 days.     

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My third card was also a multiview. In the middle is the fresco of the cupola of Cathedral of Szeged. On the four small pictures are different views of the cathedral. I sent it to Moscow. Its travel time was 18 days. 

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The multiple card (below) is my most popular postcard favoured by 25 postcrossers. The dolls are dressed in costumes typical for a small ethnographic region of Hungary "Sárköz". Sárköz includes only four villages: Alsónyék, Decs, Őcsény and Sárpilis. Colours and ornaments of dresses show the age, civil status and pecuniary standing of the women. 

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The last card presented today is one of my favourites. íit is an aerial view of my town, Szeged. It is so beautiful! The Tisza River divides the city in two parts. In the middle is the Cathedral and near of the church are the buildings of the University of Szeged. I marked wit an  X my work place, the Faculty of Pharmacy.

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