Henriette Ronner-Knip Prints

Explore Henriette Ronner-Knip prints featuring inquisitive kittens, resting cats and dogs with distinct personalities. Her animal paintings turn small domestic incidents into engaging scenes: kittens investigate unfamiliar objects, gather beside their mother or interrupt the quiet of a furnished room.

Discover fine art prints, framed prints and canvas options, with subjects ranging from Sleepy Kittens to The Kitten’s Art Lesson. Browse our wider collection of wildlife and animal prints for more animals in art.

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A Gentle Provocation (1899) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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An Unwelcome Intruder — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Young Artist — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Two Kittens (1894) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Three Kittens with a Casket and Blue Ribbon (1894) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Kitten’s Art Lesson — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Kittens at Play — Among the Flowerpots — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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A Mother and Her Kittens (1903) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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A Mother Cat and Her Kitten with a Bracket Clock (1897) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Two Kittens Sitting on a Cushion (1895) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Globetrotters — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Sleepy Kittens (1900) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Curiosity — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Kittens at Play — The Orange Chair — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Proud Mother — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Cat with Kittens (1844) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Dangerous Ground — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Kittens at Play — The Hanging Cord — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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A Puppy in a Barrel — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Waiting (1870) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Misbehaving (1897) — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Music Lesson — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Musicians — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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The Cat at Play — Henriette Ronner-Knip Print
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Henriette Ronner-Knip and the Art of Animal Painting

Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821–1909) was a Dutch-born artist who settled in Brussels in 1850. Taught by her father, the painter Josephus Augustus Knip, she worked on rural subjects and established a reputation for paintings of dogs before becoming particularly associated with cats and kittens.

Her appeal lies in close observation of animal behaviour. A tilted head, an outstretched paw or the contrast between a watchful mother and her restless kittens gives each scene its character. Carefully described fur and furnishings place these animals within recognisable domestic surroundings.

Cats, Kittens and Domestic Mischief

Works such as A Mother and Her Kittens, Sleepy Kittens and A Sleeping Cat explore the quieter side of animal life. Their subjects offer a counterpoint to the curiosity and activity suggested by Misbehaving, The Kitten’s Art Lesson and The Young Artist.

Ronner-Knip’s interiors provide more than a backdrop. Cushions, furniture and everyday objects give the animals places to rest, climb and investigate, turning familiar household settings into small narratives.

Dogs and Related Animal Artists

The collection also includes canine subjects such as A Puppy in a Barrel, reflecting Ronner-Knip’s broader interest in domestic animals. For another approach to painting dogs, explore Thomas Blinks prints, with setters, pointers and hounds observed in the countryside.

Our Archibald Thorburn collection extends the theme to birds and wildlife in natural settings. Browse the wider wildlife and animal prints collection to compare domestic companions with animals in the field and wild.

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