Rudolf Epp (1834-1910, German) was a realist painter of the Munich School who primarily painted women and children with cats in domestic scenes. Epp started drawing at a young age, and he studied art at the Grand Ducal Baden Art School in Karlsruhe. Later he also attended the Dusseldorf Art Academy. Around 1859, he produced landscapes after a trip to the Black Forest. In 1862, he married and moved to Munich where he quickly gained notoriety as a popular painter.
Epp used his daughters as models in some of his paintings which are realistic depictions of German home life in the 19th century. And he must have liked cats very much as most of these works include a cat or cats. These simple and sometimes humorous genre pieces were very much appreciated by the public. Even though the subjects are unsophisticated, there is a certain charm to them. His works numbered in the hundreds, and many were confiscated by the Nazis during WWII.
Epp has remained a popular artist with many of his paintings still being sold at auction today.
Cat and Mirror
Playing with the Cat
Girl with a Cat
Peeling Apples
Detail Peeling Apples
Großmutter und ihren Katzen
Grandmother and her Cats
Breakfast Time
Strickendes Mädchen
Girl Sewing
Baby and Cat
Two Girls Chatting
Child Dressing
Girl Knitting with her Cat
Grandmother’s Story
In der Stube
In the Barn
Mother and Child Feeding the Cats
Old Woman and Cat
Putting Socks on
The Morning Prayer
The Morning Wash
Visit to Grandmother’s
Watching Kitty Play
Wearing the Crown-Brautschmueckung
The Bug
The Milk Bowl
Evening
Girl with a Basket Holding a Cat
Kiss Me Quick
Spinning
The Sick Mother, Die Kranke Mutter
Woman playing with cat
Work break
Woman with a book and cat
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