Eight Dorothy Holby professional 8x10 photographs of cats


Item Number: 150

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $80

Online Close: Aug 18, 2013 9:00 PM CDT

Bid History: 0 bids


Description

Eight beautiful, ready for framing professional 8x10 photographs by Dorothy Holby. Dorothy was born in Chicago in 1922. She taught Spanish at Northeastern Illinois College in Chicago until 1978. She and her family had always had cats. After retiring, she took drawing and photography classes and acquired a cat. She exhibited many paintings and photographs in the 1980's and 90's. She began to specialize in photographing cats and produced thousands of images. During the 1980's her photos were used in hundreds of calendars and numerous magazine covers. She was a regular contributor to Cat Fancy Magazine. In addition she was an author. She published over fifty articles on cat behavior and cat photography.  during this time she, and her husband, Eric, always had five or six rescued cats in their home. They also fostered cats until homes could be found.


She passed away at age 90 in 2012 with two cats by her side.


She and her husband Eric established a foundation which helps fund animal welfare causes.


Purchasing her beautiful art will help a special needs feline at Rustic Hollow