Meeting with Myself at the four Cats of the World

Meeting with Myself at the four Cats of the World (French: Rencontre avec moi-même aux quatre chats du monde) is an April 1948 oil painting by the Romanian artist exiled in France, Victor Brauner. It is owned by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg, Alsace since 1988, thanks to a bequest by Jacqueline Brauner, the artist's widow. The painting's inventory number is 55.988.1.9.^[1]

Meeting with Myself at the four Cats of the World
French: Rencontre avec moi-même aux quatre chats du monde
Artist	Victor Brauner
Year	1948
Medium	oil paint on canvas
Movement	Surrealism
Subject	allegorical self-portrait
Dimensions	195.5 cm × 130.5 cm (77.0 in × 51.4 in)[1]
Location	Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession	1988

1948, the year when Brauner painted this large self-portrait of sorts, was also the year of his exclusion from the Surrealist movement.^[2] It depicts two regal and archaic figures named "Victor" meeting and greeting each other, observed by four cats and surrounded by birds and a host of surrealist symbols, including two snakes, and the sun and the moon. The title is written on the canvas.

References

1. "Rencontre avec moi-même aux quatre chats du monde". navigart.fr/mamcs. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
2. "VICTOR BRAUNER « Je suis le rêve, je suis l'inspiration »". spectacles-selection.com. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2023.