Pianos in art tend to feature women (rather than men). Piano art also quite frequently features cats. In the public imagination, cats and women are linked. Where there is a man, he’s statistically more likely to be gazing at the woman playing piano than actually playing himself.
The Etude Music Magazine September 1926The Etude Music Magazine January 1927Frank Dicksee ‘Harmony’George Sheridan Knowles – The Duet‘Lanza Candles’ (United Stearin Factories) Illustrator unknown, 1907Leon Wyczółkowski (Polish, 1852–1936) I saw once – a scene near the piano, 1884‘Tulips’ (1949) Ceri Richards‘At the Piano.’ (c1912) Malcolm DrummondKonrad Krzyzanowski (1872 – 1922) At the piano, 1904Frank Dicksee ‘A Reverie’Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (Danish painter, 1863 – 1935), Musical evening, date unknownFrank Dicksee ‘Old Songs’Charles RobinsonRaggedy Andy’s Surprise by Johnny Gruelle, illustrated by Tom Sinnickson (1953) pianoElizabeth Enright wrote and illustrated ‘The Saturdays’, a book about a family of four kids growing up in NYC 1941The Etude Music Magazine May 1933 cover art by Florence McCurdyGeorge Roux, 1855, ‘Spirit’.William Arthur Breakspeare – The Reluctant PianistThe Keynote 1915 William Chase (1878-1944)Carl Holsøe (1863 – 1935) ‘Girl in an Interior’, 1900.Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976), ‘Musicians’. The young woman looking straight at the viewer is sitting against a large mirror.Poster by Werner von Axster-Heudtlass, 1949, Steinway piano advertisement.The Etude Music Magazine January 1927Elizabeth Shippen Green, early 20th Century American illustrator. A girl sings next to a piano.Madeleine Lemaire – A Welcome Distraction from Piano Practice ca. 1900. Clearly interested in each other. The young woman displays her erotic ankles.Practising by Gustave Leonard de Jonghe (1829-1893)by Rose O’Neill, 1904. A very young girl receives a piano lesson from the archetypal spinster piano teacher. Louis WainAubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)Silvestro Lega (1826 – 1895) Italian, The Starling’s Song 1860 Poster by Gallo, circa 1920. A cat attempts to play piano. Bernie Fuchs (1932 – 2009) 1959 illustration for Intercontinental Hotels pianoStanislav Zhukovsky (Poland 1875–1944 Russia) Room With A Piano 1916-7Poolside Piano Practice, June 11, 1960 by George HughesAt the Piano, Henry Patrick Raleigh (1880-1944)George Goodwin Kilburne – ‘A Young Woman at a Piano’, 1880.George Goodwin Kilburne – ‘The Recital’William Arthur Breakspeare – ‘The Alluring Student’. She is posed for admiration. Norman Rockwell – E. Ware, ‘Jeff Raleigh’s Piano Solo’, The Saturday Evening Post, May 27, 1939 Lord Frederic Leighton – The Golden HoursEdmund Blair Leighton – The Piano LessonPiano Practice Interrupted, Willem Bartel van der Kooi, 1813Thomas Wilmer Dewing – The Spinet. The spinet is a small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century.The Etude Music Magazine November 1927Tadahiro Uesugi, Japanese illustrator‘Haydn Sonata No. 34 in E Minor Sonata No. 49 in E Flat Major’ – Lili Kraus pianoPlayer Piano advertisement 1909The Street Organ from Adventures in Wonderland October 1955Adventures in Wonderland October 1955 back coverSaturday Evening Post April 1951. Art by Amos Sewell.John Falter art. Piano practice for Saturday Evening Post March 3 1951Georges Antoine van Zevenberghen (Belgian, 30 November 1877–1968)
