From Lustige Blätter, 1915.

Here's a precursor to both Why Paint Cats and Why Cats Paint.  From Wide Awake, 1884.  This may boost your artistic ability: How to Be Your Own Cat.

From Fliegende Blätter, 1938.

"Built in the eclipse and rigged with curses dark."  From Quips and Cranks by Thomas Hood, 1861.

From Jugend, 1906.

You guessed it -- this is indeed how modern art is created.  From Pliuvium, 1907.

From Le Courrier Français, 1890.

"How on earth can you expect a fellow to do a picture, when this sort of thing goes on?"  A sketch from Charles Rawson's diary, 25 August, 1871.  Courtesy of the State Library of Queensland.

Never let the world depict you.  From The Judge, 1917.