Vintage - Kittens Get a Needlework Lesson,

A vintage illustration by Arthur Thiele features a group of four kittens in dresses and smocks sitting around a table while they do various types of needlework. A grandmotherly-looking cat in a black dress appears to be teaching them. One kitten is using yarn to either knit or darn a sock. Two others have tea towels and appear to be doing needlepoint on the towels. The German artist, Carl Robert Arthur Thiele (1860-1936) commonly went by the name Arthur Thiele. He was an illustrator of books, sheet music and postcards. He was famous for his comical anthropomorphic animals dressed in clothing and depicted in human-like scenes. Dachshunds were a favorite subject of his. In addition to animals, other subjects he illustrated were sports postcards, vegetables brought to life, snowmen, bathing beauties, and WW1 era propaganda postcards. The Internet is full of references confusing Carl Robert Arthur Thiele with another German painter of his time named Julius Arthur Thiele who painted landscapes. They are not the same artist. This card is blank inside for your own message.