Meta Pluckebaum, German, 1876 to 1945, etching on paper, Abandoned, depicting a portrait of a kitten. Signed in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil, lower left. Meta Pluckebaum was born in Dortmund and studied art with Hermann Pohle and later with her husband Karl. Pluckebaum became a prolific painter and illustrator of cats. Most of her paintings and etchings of cats are of kittens and are reminiscent of the style of Henriette Ronner Knip and Julius Adam of the 19th century. Vintage and Modern European Animal Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.