Vintage - Snow Sledding Cats, Holiday Card

Vintage artwork by Arthur Thiele depicts a snowy winter scene where a group of cats is having the time of their lives sledding down a hill. They're all bundled up in their best winter attire as they race down the hill. One cat holds a younger sibling in front of her on the sled while another cat stands at the top of the hill taking a break to blow on her paws to warm them. 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 favourite 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.