a cat's nature

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We've seen the great Swedish wildlife painter Bruno Liljefors before here at the Museum.  This is his Katt pa fageljakt (Cat goes birdhunting), 1883.  A calm, realistic look at a cat's native impulse, this piece is also lyrical, even sympathetic.  Out of the tangled dry vegetation the cat steps bright-eyed and full of assurance, his prize secure in his jaws, sleek and victorious.  It's what cats do.