Laughing Elephant! Delightfully Dressed Cats. Art Portfolio! Eugen Hartung.

Swiss artist Eugen Hartung painted naturalistic cats that mirror our human activities and are both satirical and endearing. We have selected from this collection 8 unique images and now offer prints of these amusing images. Eugen Hartung (or Hurtong) (1897–1973) was born in Waldi, Switzerland. 'In addition to the Mainzer images he apparently illustrated fairy tale and other children's books, notably the childrens song book Come, Children, Let's Sing (Ch Chinde, mir wand singe) published to promote the Maggi Soup company. He also created several murals in public buildings in Zurich. The Hartung postcards were first published in Switzerland by Max Kunzli of Zurich, printed in continuous tone. From the 1940s through the 1960s, the Alfred Mainzer Company of Long Island City, NY published them in a series of linen and photochrome postcards. They were sometimes referred to as Mainzer Cats. These postcards normally illustrate settings that are filled with action, often with a minor disaste