Serafino MACCHIATI (1860-1916). The Black Cat. Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, signed and located Paris lower right (minor soiling, minor lifting and scratching). Sight: Height : 49 cm - Width : 33 cm Note: Italian artist Serafino Macchiati lived in Paris from 1898 onwards, sharing his studio and lodgings with the artist's family. sharing his studio and lodgings with painter Giacomo Balla. The two men, became close to the revolutionary socialist Henri Barbusse. His work belongs to the post-impressionist movement, marked by the avant-garde. From 1901 onwards, he exhibited fantastical drawings, followed by watercolors. He went on to illustrate the periodicals Je Sais Tout, Le Figaro Illustré and the Illustrirte Zeitung. His works can be seen at the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Luxembourg. following the artist's bequest to France on his death.