dogs, applied by moser

thanks wikipaintings.org (public domain)

Four dogs: Nero, Phylax, Pluto and Schakl.  They may well be actual pets, as this is a page from a picture book created in 1904 for the artist's niece. The artist is none other than the marvelous Viennese graphic artist  Koloman Moser (1868-1918).  Here Moser has cut out dogs from a marbled paper that makes a fine imitation of fur, and the subtle differences between the dogs' postures makes you wonder what they see just off the page.  Would you like to see some more of the book?  The blog 50watts.com has quite a bit of it here, starting with "Eight Happy Squirrels."